[Summit] Olive branch

[Theresa Mathiesen]

I like the way Anne has phrased this issue.

I don't think we've diverged from the happy medium yet.

-- Elva Mathiesen





On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:51 PM,  <hennypenny at cox.net> wrote:
> Hello friends,
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> As the founder, "owner," moderator, and active participant in a number of online groups since the 1980s, I would like to help with the discussion of what belongs on this listserv and what does not.
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> Unless one opts to make the list moderated -- which comes with its own drawbacks and burdens -- there will inevitably be a certain quotient of chat, chatter, and extraneous postings of all manners on a healthy listserv.  It comes with the territory and can be a marker of success for an online community. It means we are getting to know one another, to care, to converse.
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> Here is my suggestion:
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> 1) We agree to be flexible about what constitutes an "appropriate" post to the Summit listserv. This is the way neighbors ideally interact.
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>       Community interactions by definition will never be perfect on everyone's terms.
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> 2) We also agree to post personal testimonials, non-Summit-related advice/tips, and the like as judiciously as possible in the interest of avoiding spam-like clutter on the list.
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>        Perhaps Marco, whose concern for us is neighborly indeed, could send one summary post per week about health issues and treatments. Likewise Liberty's interesting posts about toxins both man-made and natural. Those who want to read them can do so. Those who do not can delete.
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> That's my two cents! I don't even live in Providence anymore but I feel like a neighbor to you all.  I enjoy the discourse -- serious or lighthearted.
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> - Anne
> Summit emerita
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