I have always felt that one of the best things that rev has going for it is its incredible community of users whose collective wit, wisdom, experience and generosity help to make working with rev something out of the ordinary. This list is like the village pump for the rev community - a place where issues get discussed, collaborations get launched, business gets transacted and yes - more than once in a while, even problems get solved.
I've seen griping and brainstorming sessions that seed new ideas and collaborations (today's gripe can be tomorrow's must-have Altuit plug-in), I've seen people recruit the services of other revvers, I've heard conference announcements, I've learned about the launch of new rev products ... on more than one occasion, I've even seen the light! (thanks for example, to Richard Gaskin who illuminated the mysteries of the message path for me by pointing me to one of his excellent articles on the subject). Who would want to give all that up just because a very small minority of the crowd that daily throng the village pump occasionally get a litle rowdy or overly sensitive? Not me. Flitting between 10 different lists for my rev content would seem to be far more arduous than just filtering the stuff I read on one list, and as others have pointed out, having multiple lists fragments an already small community. I would submit that if everybody on this list uses helpful, descriptive subject lines on their emails, respects and tolerates the diversity of modes and opinions that our little community encompasses and most importantly of all, extends to all comers the respect and infectious generosity and enthusiasm that has always characterized the rev community - there's no reason at all that this list cannot continue to be the invaluable resource that it always has been. Or we could spoil a good thing by losing sight of what really matters. Joni Mitchell said it better than I could - "You don't know what you've got till it's gone". Best Gordon _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
