I'm in agreement with the principle Lee. How to implement becomes the
question in my mind. I reviewed the message delivered upon subscription to
the list (yes, I saved it - I'm such a packrat <g>) and do not see anything
that discusses the FAQ or any "rules" included. Two things come to mind.
First, I believe the greatest value with the least fuss is to provide that
sort of information to the new suscribers, not repeat it to everyone every
month or so. Secondly, any set of list nettiquite, manners and guidelines
(hereby to be known as "the Rules") should be reviewed and agreed to by the
group. The Rules should certainly cover matters like please check the FAQ's
first, perhaps searching the archives, how to set various email clients to
text only, commercial solicitations, and the like. This alone will generate
some controversy for sure.
By making it a part of the welcome message, the impact to Shawn is minimal,
I think, since it becomes automatic. I'd not expect Shawn to create the
Rules. Are you willing to draft a beta version of the Rules for review Lee?
I'm willing to spend the time to review and comment.
John P
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there is no "never" - just long periods of "not yet".
there is no "always" - just long periods of "so far"
R. Lee Hawkins <lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> proposed:
>Thus, I have a few questions:
>
> 1) To the newer members of the list: would you have found such
> a message helpful?
>
> 2) To the older members of the list: Would you find such a message,
> repeated periodically, more annoying that having people
> continually ask a question that has been beaten to death in
> the past?
>
> 3) To Shawn: Would you be willing to send out such a message?
>
>At the very least, I think a message such as this should be sent to
>every new subscriber at the time they subscribe, with the advice that
>they read it completely and have a look at the FAQ's and the archives
>before asking what might turn out to be a question for which a large
>body of information already exists.
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