[stylist] Off-Topic Discussions

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

If the people most familiar with this issue want to write a Braille Monitor article and submit it for us to critique then that would be perfectly appropriate in my view (political writing is a subset of writing).  As is, I would have to question the appropriateness of this conversation for this discussion group.

For one thing, those of us who do not live in the NYC area really can't do much.

Smile

Shawn

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nat Barrett
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 1:04 PM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Off-Topic Discussions


Hello all,

May I tentatively raise my hand as someone else who has wondered the same 
thing? I think it's fine to have off-topic discussions, but I would like to 
vote for people to put OT in the subject line followed by the subject, so 
that I can bypass it if I choose.

I would also like to say I'm not attempting to make waves or anything. But 
last week I nearly sent an e-mail identical to Neil's that stated about OT 
messages. I do hope the rest of the list takes this into consideration. 
(smile)

Natalie

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From: "PAUL BAVER" <pebaver at verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 6:26 AM
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Off-Topic Discussions

> Hello Neil I am in full agreement with you, I also joined to learn, and to 
> read some of the very great information that this organization should, and 
> does offer. Neil you and I will be getting in a lot of trouble, commenting 
> this way, because there seams to be a control factor, by some members that 
> always seam to have there own agendas, or rag to chew on, I have no answer 
> why, but I guess with any organization  , or group, that's a problem that 
> we all will be forced to deal with. Thank you Neil for a very concerned 
> observation. Paul E Baver
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Neil Butters" <neil.butters at sympatico.ca>
> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 11:56 AM
> Subject: [stylist] Off-Topic Discussions
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> I would like to address the use of this mailing list for off-topic 
>> discussions, such as the recent NYC Blind Vendors postings and other 
>> non-writing related topics.
>>
>> Shouldn't this list be restricted to writing topics only? I'm getting a 
>> little bit tired of being flooded with off-topic back-and-forths, 
>> political commentary, arguments and the like that belong elsewhere. Does 
>> anyone else feel the same way? Shouldn't these posts be discouraged, or 
>> am I missing the point of this list.?
>>
>> One way we could deal with it, if people want such off-topic diatribe to 
>> continue, would be to include the "Off-topic" designation in the subject 
>> to tell readers that the post has nothing to do with writing. This 
>> doesn't really solve the "problem," though, since we could still receive 
>> many off-topic messages.
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
>>
>>
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