[stylist] The two list idea

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

robert,
you want votes sent to the list?  reply to this e-mail or sent to you directly?
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 10:15 PM 4/6/2009, you wrote:
>John and others- a vote is good. So how about you all voting over the next
>seven days. And by next Monday we will have given the 90+ members of this
>list a chance to place their vote.
>
>
>Robert Leslie Newman
>Email- newmanrl at cox.net
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of John Lee Clark
>Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:06 PM
>To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: [stylist] The two list idea
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>Robert:
>
>I disagree.  Writing topics only are stale at best, with only a few sparks
>of life before it's cold and sterile again.  Thyat's no list.
>
>My thinking is that if we want to have a list AT ALL, it has to have the
>chatty elements.  So far, all of our chatty stuff have always linked to
>writing.  So I don't see any problem.
>
>I suspect that the real problem is that those who want writing topics only
>really don't want a list, because they don't have the time to read the
>messages.  They get too many messages, they cry foul.
>
>But, really, I can't imagine chatting along and then suddenly moving it to
>another list, a conscious act, because something about nuts and bolts of
>writing came up.  Or if a writing topic generates a lively debate, we have
>to move it to the chat list because it's too many messages and those who
>don't want that are saying we're just chatting.
>
>Do you really want a list?  If so, guess what?  This is a list and it's
>exactly how a list behaves.  If anyone doesn't like it, that person doesn't
>like a list.
>
>That's my opinion.  I guess we can come to a vote at some point.  But I'm
>definitely voting against having two lists.
>
>John
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Robert Newman
>Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:39 AM
>To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
>Subject: [stylist] The two list idea
>
>STYLIST members, I wish to revisit this idea of having two lists. One would
>be STYLIST and it would be primarily for writing topics only. And the second
>would be for all other and more chatty types of topics and I'd call it
>Writers Chat. What we would have to do, is monitor ourselves in the light of
>(besides doing the writing stuff on STYLIST and the chatty on the WC list),
>but if for example on the chatty list, if you get into writing
>issues/topics, then you get those posts back onto STYLIST. Again, we can do
>this, give it a try, try and honor the rules and watch it so that neither
>list goes stale or even dead.
>
>So any discussion?
>
>
>Robert Leslie Newman
>Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
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