Dawn (and fellow list members) I appreciate where you're coming from, but
1. Please remember that the U2UG are the stewards and not the owners of this list. The U2UG has agreed to run the lists according to the wishes of the list membership, but the Board has no mandate to decide on the policies of the list, or which lists should come and go. 2. Like most of us, I've been a member of the lists longer than the U2UG has been around, and I remember the situation that led to the u2-community being formed. There was a lot of ill-will and some ugly postings from those complaining about the signal to noise ratio. Today, with the very occasional exception, we have a well moderated and courteous list of which we can all be proud. 3. The REAL problem as I see it, is not the fact that topics are sent across to u2-community, but the fact that they die when they get there. I would rather see the u2-community list being actively used, with more traffic and discussions taking place about what is happening in our community (and welcoming all kinds of topics), which is what it was designed for. The only problem with u2-community is that too many on THIS list don't bother to subscribe to it and keep any useful topics alive. 4. As for the AD in the subject line: it is a useful convenience that makes it easy to filter the mail by subject line. So those who don't want to see them can choose to filter them out. Those of us who do, can continue to read them without having to skip tags in the messages themselves. Which should keep everyone happy all round (apart from a few curmudgeonly old malcontents <grin>). But it's not enough of an issue to rewrite the rule book over. My (rapidly decreasing in real terms) 2 pence. Brian ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
