Re: Purpose of the list (was Re: [BPARK] Shugborough)

In message <20041126115808.96424.qmail-Dt+RMpTXKvfGRxTy+Q50vsz6deESKz/[email protected]>,
Matt R <[email protected]> writes

>Fair enough, sorry if my posting was not within the charter of the mailing
>list. I'd suggest that the "Welcome" message for joining the list might be
>modified to inform a newcomer of this, otherwise they might be tempted to post
>about topics related to Bletchley Park outside of the above defined scope.
>
>However, I'd also like to suggest that the group might consider allowing
>discussion on any topic related to Bletchley Park -- are there reasons for
>sticking just to 1) war-time BP and 2) securing the site as a museum? For
>example, if, say, another Enigma machine was stolen from BP, would discussion
>about it be off-topic?

Perhaps I was being a bit unfair, however the irony is that on that day
a BBC News film crew was on site, on the banks of the lake, running the
Shugborough story. It had been on TV and in the press before and also on
the BPT website for months, so it's old hat - and a few hundred yards
away there is a Colossus rebuild and War time Historic building under
threat. Would that be more interesting news? Would the crew be allowed
to film there or escorted off site. If they would not have been escorted
off site, perhaps they can be invited back?

geoff