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- From: gem-list-admin@lexicor.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 01:44:26 -0400
- Message-Id: <199406020544.BAA05769@csa.bu.edu>
- Subj: [ADMIN] Read me IMPORTANT
- Precedence: bulk
-
- Dear Gem-list subscribers,
-
- The purpose of the gem-list is obvious, and I absolutely appreciate
- your input and enthusiasm however some actions MUST be taken to cut down the
- mail volume.
-
- The list is hardly a few days old, and we have already got OVER 250
- messages, I am not sure if this is good or bad. Most developers and users
- cannot afford to read 60+ messages a day for several reasons. Maus Users have
- a 16k limit email base, other may have no time OR patience to wade through
- the messages, this is NOT to say they are not all valid but a SOLUTION must
- be found, the list is constantly changing subscribers because people cannot
- handle the message volume, and we are not even 100 subscribers yet. If we wish
- to get an agreement on a standard then we absolutely MUST get many gem
- developers (and important as well as influential) to agree on this. We cannot
- vote on something that is decided by a few people on this list, it would
- defeat the purpose and the prestige that this list is meant to give, in other
- words I do not want this list to become a minority group of elitist association
- that decides a standard for atari developers, when some of the most important
- developers have unsubscribed (or not subscribed).
-
- I feel this is IMPORTANT for the success and wide spread acceptance
- of this list, therefore one important task is to invite as MANY people into
- this list as possible.
-
- The problem is obvious, when we get 200-300 or more subscribers in a
- list that encourages discussion much more (as compared to the announce nature
- of other lists where input is not required) that the mail just multiplies. The
- purpose of a mailing list is to COMBINE people from CIS, Genie, Delphi, Usenet,
- Maus, FIdo all over the world, which is not possible otherwise, consider that
- commercial services charge for private email service via internet or local
- to the service (compuserve for instance charges like 50 to 75 cents per
- email to the internet at prime rates I think I forget) so please be considerate
- to commercial subscribers as well as this makes up a substantial amount of
- existing developers.
-
- I am proposing that we ABSOLUTELY discuss only ONE topic at a time
- for a given time period, and if possible to digest it (in other words rather
- than respond to twenty mails, cut & paste and send it out once as a whole
- chunk like a mini report and respond). If this is not agreeable to you I
- am absolutely willing to entertain suggestions.
-
- However..I will kindly ask all suggestions NOT to be sent to the
- gem-list but to my private account (ysiu@lexicor.com), and if the discussion
- get's a little wild about how the list should be managed I am certain that I
- can establish a mini-list to discuss how the gem-list should be moderated.
-
- I believe this is for the success and benefit of all.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Yat Siu (gem-list admin)
- -ysiu@lexicor.com
-
- ps: please do not reply-to: but email in private to ysiu@lexicor.com!!!! the
- gem-list mailer automatically sends it out to everyone if you use standard
- reply.
-
- Thanks
-