I'd also like to extend a big thanks to Joe for getting this list up and
running! It was a real help to me over the season in many ways- waxing
advice, trail reports, etc.. I wasn't aware of an advertisement that came
through...was it for used equipment? As a person who is often on the lookout
for used equipment deals, I'd like to explore the possibility of some kind
of on-line bargain corner. I know that the North Star Ski Club has something
like that on their web site. What do other folks think of this?
--
Clare Seguin
REACH Program
Lincoln Elementary School
909 Sequoia Trail
Madison, Wi. 53713
(608)267-4262 X150
(608)241-5663 (home)
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>From: "Madeline Uraneck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [XC] Report on first season of xc ski discussion list
>Date: Sat, Mar 31, 2001, 12:26 PM
>
> Thanks to Joe King for getting us connected on Madnorski's very own x-c ski
> listserv! I asked him how many subscribers we got up to, whether there
> were any complaints or problems, and as usual got a quick & thoughtful
> response back. Here's what Joe had to say:
>
> "There are 63 subscribers to the XC list and 8 subscribers to XC-DIGEST.
> Since December, approximately 270 messages went out over the XC list.
> There was a regular stream of condition updates from up north but that was
> not the bulk of the messages. This compares to 12 messages posted to the
> previously available "Readers' Comments" section of the web site during the
> 1999-2000 season. As a point of reference, the list BIKIES which is *the*
> most active list on DANEnet, has 83 subscribers.
>
> The deepest thread was about 10 and involved skiing on the east of Madison.
> Where were enough questions asked, particularly about waxing and the
> Birkie, that we could put together a short FAQ based on the responses. If
> some one in the club wants to take that on, the archive is here:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
>
> Complaints:
> Early on the group decided to accept regular condition updates from places
> like Blue Hills and ABR Trails. No once complained about that decision
> even though the vote was close (not what I would have chosen either). As
> members of XC-DIGEST, places like ABR Trails were able to send their
> reports without getting any messages back. Then, a few weeks ago I got
> XC-DIGEST working properly which meant that these posters starting getting
> the digest message (at most one message a day). Two complained and dropped
> off the list. That's all I can think of.
>
> Actions:
> There was one post that was intended to be advertising. As promised in the
> list description, this poster was removed from the list. I did extend an
> invitation for her to rejoin provided she adhered to the guidelines of the
> list. I didn't notice if she did or not.
>
> That's it. It was a surprisingly successful list for its first season. We
> owe a lot of the success to getting the word out at meetings and in the
> newsletter. I saw subscriptions jump after meetings and after the
> newsletter went out -- we should keep doing this, btw. Another surprise for
> me, based on previous experience, was there was an amazingly lack of crap.
> All too often a thread starts on one topic but suddenly turns into a long
> discussion about the list itself or, even worse, the person who posted the
> original message. None of that happened on this list. Except for
> the one action noted above, I had nothing to do. I guess XC skiers are
> just a great bunch of folks!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joe"
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> madnordski - http://www.danenet.org/madnord/
>
>
