[NA-Discuss] Cross-posting and Other Administeria

[Bret Fausett]

Hi Folks,

As your Interim Chair for the North American RALO, I'd like to  
discourage a practice that has crept into list participation over the  
last month: cross-posting to this list and other lists. Although a  
public interest item well may be of general interest to persons on  
many mailing lists, please post to each of the lists separately. The  
problem is that the responses segment the discussion, as people  
respond to lists to which they are not members. As messages bounce,  
we end up getting bits and pieces of discussions posted here, and  
it's really very confusing. I'd also like to keep us focused on the  
most immediate issues at hand: the MOU and the upcoming San Juan  
meeting. Darlene has posted a number of helpful comments, so please  
follow up on those if you have more input.

For those of you who are new to the ALAC and the NARALO, I'd be  
interested in hearing about how you find these email lists as a  
mechanism for discussion and work. Are you getting too many messages?  
Not enough? Prefer moderated lists? Do you prefer working via  
conference call? wiki? We should explore various alternatives as we  
strive to make our tools work best for our schedules.

        Bret