[stylist] The two list idea

[Judith Bron]

My vote is no.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] The two list idea


> 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
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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
>
> 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
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