Dear OSLIST

[Francoise Coupal, Mosaic.net International]

I agree wholeheartedly with Winston.  I am often frustrated at the amount
of email on the list serve which all too often could easily have been
directed to the individual.  Some effort is all that is needed by the list
serve members.  When you have an email directed to an individual, make it a
new message vs tapping reply and just cut and paste that person's email
address when addressing a new message.
I am tired of pressing the delete button given the number of OSLIST emails
sent on a daily basis.
If everyone did this then messages would be more about exchanging
experiences, providing advice or tips vs having to read more personal note
of thanks, etc.  Francoise


At 08:25 09/01/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear OSLIST:
>
>Building on Christopher Schmees' post this morning, I wonder if we could not
>try to respond more frequently "off-list" (not hard to do) when messages
>such as responses to requests for assistance etc. are intended for one
>person?
>
>Also, I sense that there is a shift happening in the usage of the list.  My
>sense is that it is evolving from a place to share experience and stories,
>ask questions, improve one's knowledge of and celebrate OST (in other words
>a community of interest and practice); to a place increasingly dedicated to
>advertising and promotion (of training etc.), and personal messages (see
>above).  Is this what we collectively want? Or maybe it's just a passing
>phase?
>
>By way of contrast, I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the feedback and
>energized discussion arising out of Chris Weaver's recent probe regarding
>OST and Playback. Right on!
>
>Perhaps if, when we are about to send a message to the list, we checked
>first (with ourselves) as to whether it should, really,  be addressed "Dear
>(Joe, Jane etc.)" or "Dear OSLIST", we would be well guided...
>
>What say you?
>
>(checking... OK...)
>
>Winston
>
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