I really like this suggestion about polling. I just joined the list serve and I must say I feel a bit overwhelmed as does my in-box with all these emails. There must be a better way to get feedback without tying up everyone's email system. Francoise
At 14:34 22/06/2000 -0400, you wrote: > > At the risk of delaying a decision further, may I also suggest to Murli that, > to get a broader sense of people's opinions on this question, you make use of > the polling feature on eGroups? > > You could set up a poll that asks people a yes/no question about switching > (more options if you wish). This generates an email to everyone who is > currently signed up with the OSLIST on eGroups and asks them to go to the > OSLIST/eGroups website (a link is provided in the email) to choose their > option. Unlike regular postings, people's votes are not broadcast to > everyone, though the overall results are visible on the website even while > the poll is still open for further voting. You can choose how long you want > to leave the poll open, then take the results as input to the decision. > > While this method would not get input from those not on eGroups, it would get > opinions from those who have seen both forms of the list. And it would have > the side benefit of exposing those on the new system to one of its additional > capabilities -- this could generate ideas for more creative uses of this > capability, but that's another tangent! > > Patrick McAuley > > PTM Consulting Tel: (519) 827-9396 > 20 Magnolia Lane Fax: (519) 827-0956 > Guelph, ON N1G 4X7 > <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > Canada >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <mailto:[email protected]>Peggy Holman >> To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 1:52 PM >> Subject: Switching to egroups >> >> Murli, >> >> While this is going to the list, I address this request to you as the person >> who started us on this experiment in decision making. (As an aside, I think >> it's been instructive to observe our process on making a collective >> decision. There's been a great exchange of information, several experiments >> initiated. That's been wonderful.) I think we are ready for a decision on >> listserv or egroups. >> >> So here's my "2 cents worth" delivered as a request to you, Murli. The >> latest cries of "I'm confused" lead me to think we would be best served by >> someone knowledgeable making a decision on the list's behalf. Since you've >> been willing to invest the energy into this, I think you're the right person >> to do it. The choice of egroups or listserv is a technical one. Those with >> expertise have given you their opinions. The only negative I heard for >> egroups was customer support. In all other ways egroups sounds superior. >> >> I suggest you make a call on which way to go. If you are satisfied that >> support won't be an issue, then take the 3 or 4 days to move everyone over >> to egroups and put out instructions, just as you did when we switched >> listservs in 1998, that tells people the new e-mail address. >> >> As I mentioned, OSI(US) can pay to make the site ad free. Just send me the >> details. >> >> So, there you have it. I think the information to enable action is in. >> Would you be willing to take the lead on bringing this to closure? >> >> Thanks, >> Peggy > ____________________________________________________ Francoise Coupal Mosaic.net International, Inc. 705 Roosevelt Ave. Ottawa, Canada K2A 2A8 Tel: (613) 728-1439; Fax: (613) 728-1154. Visit us on the World Wide Web at: http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca
