Good idea Ed. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote:
> I suggest a public discussion stops when anyone objects. Following the > objection, anyone who wishes to continue the discussion privately can make > their wish known publicly. These people would be put on the cc of the > private exchange. If no one makes such a request, the discussion stops. Of > course, anyone would be free to contact the person who made the off-topic > comment initially and continue the discussion by private e-mail, but without > additional contributors. I'm sure this is done often, but I'm suggesting > this method be acknowledged formally as a way to satisfy the requirements > of the list. > > Ed > > > > On Jun 16, 2009, at 11:52 AM, OrionWorks wrote: > > From Ed: >> >> While I agree with your basic point, I agree some things are best >>> discussed >>> in private with the people who are interested. I suggest if a a subject >>> comes up that is not of general interest, the people who would like to >>> explore the idea further make their wish known so that the discussion can >>> move to private e-mail involving each interested person without having to >>> get involved with another list or cause consternation to people who are >>> not >>> interested. How does this sound? >>> >> >> Sounds sensible to me. >> >> In fact, I'm sure we do this all the time! >> >> I guess the 64 dollar question might be: How one might go about >> determining if the subject matter being discussed (and also being >> considered for private exchange) would be of general interest to >> others or not. I think I'm being nit picky here... Probably not that >> big of a deal. ;-) >> >> Regards >> Steven Vincent Johnson >> www.OrionWorks.com >> www.zazzle.com/orionworks >> >> >
