[bksvol-discuss] Re: Message/List Control
- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:56:03 -0600
I guess the only way you can know why you are subscribed to the list
is to unsubscribe. That's what I did and, though I agree with the
issue of too much "stuff", and I realize that by writing this message
I am adding to it, there still remains lots of material worth reading,
though mostly that goes on and on, too, partly because so many feel
the need to weigh in on a topic and partly because people answer
messages before having seen the whole of the thread.
Cindy Lou Ray
Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "bookshare volunteer discussion" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:52 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Message/List Control
At the risk of adding to the clutter, I couldn't agree more with this
message.
Seems like subtle hints don't do any good, so, What on earth do
raising cats
and electrical plugs have to do with scanning and validating books?
Perhaps a better question is, why am I subscribed to this list?
----- Original Message -----
From: Donna Smith
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 8:06 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Message/List Control
Well, it seems that it is that time again when the list gets way out
of
control with over a hundred messages a day. You can tell because some
faithful member who is just trying to keep up, posts something like
"When
are you scanning?" in an attempt to slow it all down. When other
equally
faithful list members don't recognize such a message as a plea for
judicious
use of list space, then it's time to get specific.
I actually saved my last very specific message on this topic with
the
intent of just reposting it as needed as this issue comes around as
regularly as tax season, but it was pretty bitchy, so I thought I'd
write
another one instead. <smile>
Here are the important points:
a.. We're all volunteers who are very dedicated and most of us
have
other life interests (e.g., jobs, families, pets, commitments in the
community, etc.)
b.. We all enjoy the comradery of the list and being able to
exchange
information.
c.. When the volume of message gets high enough to make someone
cry
"uncle," it is no longer an exchange of information but an unruly dump
of
messages that most of us can't possibly read through.
d.. Two reactions begin to occur: A. Faithful volunteers choose
to
unsubscribe, thus denying the rest their valuable input; or B.
Faithful
volunteers delete everything with a list subject line just to find
personal
messages even though this creates concern that we may be missing
something
of importance.
The solution?
A little self restraint! Please take personal messages off list,
and keep
the OT messages down to a minimum. In fact, during such a time when
list
traffic is high, it would be prudent to not post OT messages at all.
It's all about balance and respecting the time of others. We all do
it
and we all get lax about doing it and then we get a reminder to be
mindful
again and we do it. We're really a pretty respectful group.
So what do you say? Can we cut back the list flow and find that
happy
medium again?
Donna S
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