Since we've had a rash of non-Minneapolis posts lately, I'd just like to clarify some of the guidelines we've developed over the years.
Fundamentally, appropriate subjects here are topics unique to Minneapolis (city council issues, etc.) or broader subjects with specific, exceptional Minneapolis impacts (Crosstown and the airport are regional things, but noise/pollution affect Minneapolis more than almost any other place, so it's ok). Denise's recent post about airport bag-checking procedures, while helpful and undoubtedly well-intentioned, doesn't have a unique Minneapolis impact (it affects all travelers no matter where from), so it's the sort of thing I discourage. On to meeting announcements: I allow almost any meeting announcement that takes place in Minneapolis because that city location is the unique aspect. However, the SUBJECT of the meeting is often not local (or much broader than Minneapolis without a unique local aspect). A good example: 2000's Nader-for-President rallies. This creates some understandable confusion for members. It's fine to publicize a National Lawyer's Guild meeting that takes place in Minneapolis, but it's not ok to post your opinions on Sara Jane Olson or Andy Dawkins because there's no Minneapolis factor there. The bottom line: resist the temptation to start a thread based on a meeting announcement unless you can identify the unique, local Minneapolis issue. Thanks, David Brauer List manager Mission pruner on 1/17/02 10:00 AM, Thomas Swift at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The NLG is going to be very, very busy this year > supporting Ms. Soliah and three of her SLA comrades on > new murder charges. Sure this won't be stretching > their resources? How will Dawkins find the time? > > > TJSWIFT > Saint Paul > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
