Posted by Savant on October 18, 1999 at 03:43:42: In Reply to: Stop it! posted by Peter 'Rattacresh' Backes on October 17, 1999 at 15:40:47:
: we now have FOUR mailing lists, almost more than currently active fans!
: That doesn't help bring people together but splits up the og community. Please
: discuss with each other here *on this webboard* and close two or three
: of the lists.
: One person per mailing list is nonsense.
Agreed. (That was why I sent that message about a mailing list for people
who have an Ocean Girl mailing list! I still think it is funny, in a nice
way, about the situation with the lists...)
In my case, it has been nearly a YEAR since I started my list (my how time
flies) and I only have just over 50 members. It takes TIME to generate a
list membership, a point I think has been overlooked.
I know that my list is a 'moderated' list, and that may not be what some
'chatters' want, but that's OK. As much as we may use the web-board, we do
have to consider that not everyone has the opportunity to check in here.
So to help 'jump-start' some general chat for Ocean Girl on a mailing list,
I would be willing to run a second list. My first list will always be
a moderated list for people who want just Ocean Girl news and facts, but
I could run a second one for general chat using the membership of the
first list.
That would give us a list with 50 members to start, and people could opt-out
if they wish. It would be 'open' with no moderation. I already have the
name reserved at listbot OceanGirl.Chat.listbot.com so I could start right
away.
However I don't want to create any more controversy. So if people want to
get rid of the other new mailing lists, I'd be happy to get this one going so
people can get back to chatting by email. As I said I have it all set up, I
just have to activate it by sending invitations to people to join it. I also
have a list of subscribers from the other list (that is now not working) that
I could invite to this one as well. Now how many people actually decide to
join the list no one knows, but it's better than nothing.
Why don't people let me know what they think, and we'll take it from there. Let's
remember that the goal is to help people stay in tough, not to have a 'fight' over
mailing lists.
Regards,
Savant