[Summit] Selling, Sharing, Caring, Market list and on and on

[Hope for Health]

I'm about as busy as anyone - but I figure
out whether the post is of interest to me
by the SUBJECT.  If all would just include
a descriptive title when they post or reply,
it's quick and easy to just ignore/delete
those you don't have a desire to read.

I don't care whether there are two lists
or one - but I don't want to have to nit
pick on the criteria for each.  That's 
more complicated than just reading a
subject line.

Blessings,

Liberty G

--- On Fri, 2/3/12, John Bazik <jsb at cs.brown.edu> wrote:

> From: John Bazik <jsb at cs.brown.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Selling, Sharing, Caring, Market list and on and on
> To: "Monique S Doherty" <monique at msdoherty.net>
> Cc: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Date: Friday, February 3, 2012, 11:45 PM
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 07:06:54PM
> -0500, Monique S Doherty wrote:
> > If this is the case, how can apartments be "advertised"
> on the main
> > list, and NOT "Market"?
> 
> I have sent similar messages, privately, to those people,
> too.
> 
> The Market list is not evil.  It exists only because
> some subscribers
> to this list complained about such posts, and, after a
> public discussion,
> we decided to split the list into two.  The Summit list
> is supposed to
> be a neighborhood discussion list.  The Market list is
> more akin to
> a "classified" list.
> 
> As I said to Eliana, I recently purchased some electronic
> equipment
> that I wish to sell, at a loss.  But I planned to post
> to the Market
> list because, even though I stand to make no profit, and
> even though
> someone interested in such devices might find it a good
> deal, it's still
> a cash transaction.  I don't see how that's different
> from selling
> 5lb bags of flour for $3 a bag.
> 
> But these are your lists, not mine.  If you, the
> subscribers, feel that
> this arrangement is not what you want, I can remove the
> Market list and
> we can go back to having just one list, and anyone can post
> anything.
> 
> John
> 
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