[pure-silver] Re: Keeping The Transition Of Lists Sane

  • From: anclancy@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 21:14:57 +0000

amen!
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> I failed to comment when someone else suggested this earlier, and I 
> should have. The whole business of transitioning lists is causing all 
> manner of OT chatter. That's fine with me, given the circumstances. 
> However, we need to exercise a bit of discipline here out of respect for 
> people who don't care about the whole "Where should p-s be hosted?" 
> topic. 
> 
> Therefore I strongly *urge* people to use the following protocol: 
> 
> Messages about the list shutdown/rehost should ONLY go to the old list. 
> That is: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx should now be used ONLY for 
> administrative/OT discussion about the list's future. 
> 
> On Topic (i.e. B&W silver photography) should be sent ONLY to the new 
> list: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> By doing this, people can "tune in" to only those conversations they 
> actually care about. Obviously, if the freelists eventually gets 
> replaced by something else, the people there would be notified by the 
> current admin-in-residence. 
> 
> This will be my LAST post to both lists simultaneously since no topic 
> should ever be appropriate for both. I will also strenuously endevor to 
> avoid to responding to posts that do not follow this protocol to try 
> encourage people to do this. 
> 
> We need to maintain a level of sanity and civility to make sure the 
> transition(s) of this list are as minimally invasive to our fellow 
> members as possible, while maintaining plenty of open dialog on the 
> disputed administrative issues. 
> 
> 
> 
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