Re: [Sigia-l] sigia-l listserver

Hi all -

My original reason for wanting an alternative was because most posts seemed
to be mainly job postings or conference/worshop promotions.

Perhaps taking these off the list would rejuvenate it?

Personally, I like email - it lets me catch up when I'm ready, discussions
can be valuably detailed and I like that I don't have to be online to
read/participate once I've downloaded my mails.

Lou.

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Ed Housman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dick:
>
> The list is on the track, but to be effective it should be weeded down to a
> few
> vital rules, and a well-stated objective.  Of course it must be friendly
> and
> welcoming.  Should maybe give a little history, and who's behind it all.
>
> --Ed
>
>
>
> ________________________________
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> To: Eric Reiss <[email protected]>; Ed Housman <[email protected]>
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> Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 1:22:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] sigia-l listserver
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf
> > Of Eric Reiss
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 10:58 AM
> > To: Ed Housman
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] sigia-l listserver
> >
> > Actually, Ed, it's older than that - April 2000 to be more precise. More
> > like 11 years.
> >
> > But yes. Let's do a little housekeeping and see if we can't rejuvenate
> > this
> > list.
> >
> > Question: do we need a more formalized mission statement? Or a code of
> > conduct?
> >
> > Not to drown us in rules and regs, but a statement of purpose might be
> > very
> > useful, particularly considering that there are a couple of similar lists
> > in
> > cyberspace. What is our "market position"? What need do we fulfill that
> > isn't currently being served by anyone else?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Eric
> > Eric Reiss
> > CEO
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> >
> > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Ed Housman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > This is Ed Housman, one of the founders of SIGIA-L.  That was 8 or 9
> > years
> > > ago,
> > > and as time ticks on things (and people) start getting crotchety and
> > lose
> > > the
> > > uumph they had in their youth.  It was a successful experiment but it
> > > appears
> > > it's getting abused and diluted.
> > >
> > > I am retired now, and just keep an eye on the action.  Rarely post
> > > anything.
> > >  But I wonder whether we should move to some more modern social
> > interaction
> > > medium, Facebook, for example.  That might be dangerous though because
> > of
> > > the
> > > huge number of curious visitors that could further dilute and sidetrack
> > the
> > > conversation.  Perhaps it's best to do a little housecleaning and
> > > rule-changing
> > > -- and keep our little private space going.
> > >
> > > --Ed
> > >
> > >
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