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If we could just have one for "Just for Parkies", I'd gladly volunteer. Just me, Marjorie At 09:23 PM 12/09/2000 +0000, you wrote: >Bob, and everyone. > >I haven't been following the discussion in detail, mainly because so >little on PARKINSN is interesting these days. > >As is probably well known I have been concerned about the tone of the >list for some time. Yes, the list has a sense of "community", but >that is at the expense of people who can't share that community's >values - be it in terms of mail volume, subject matter, or opinions >that are expressed. > >The list has stayed broadly static in numbers over the past few >years, despite a massive increase in the number of people on The >Internet. I strongly suspect a large number of people are being >driven off the list by a vocal minority who don't feel the need to >consider the impact of their actions. As a result, thousands of >people are failing to benefit from the wisdom and help that can come >from this list when it is at its best. > >If people want a community list, then let's have one - SPARKLE is one >example. Lets have more than one - I'll host as many as there are >volunteers to run them. > >I'm not judging the applicability of any subject matter, all I'm >asking for is for PARKINSN to focus on Parkinson's, which will make >it useful to more people. Take all the other stuff onto other lists, >which can be closely allied to PARKINSN, and part of the community. > >Its just as easy to subscribe to one more list as it was to subscribe >to PARKINSN in the first place (well, probably easier), and we can >regularly advertise the other lists on PARKINSN. This will give >people a choice of what they get in their inbox. > >In this way the community can grow, become stronger, and more healthy. > >The alternative is PARKINSN will wither and die, a victim of its own >success, and the selfishness of a minority. And we will *all* be the >poorer for it. > > >>I will >>remain here for the next few days, waiting for people to *publicly* >>post their true feelings about the points that I have been trying to >>make (about offensive postings under the guise of "jokes"). > >Count my vote. > > >> Unless I >>see a majority of this List standing in support of sensitivity, I will >>leave this List. >> >>Maybe my usefulness is gone, anyway. > >This, ladies and gentlemen, typifies the challenge facing PARKINSN. >Why should anyone who wants to contribute to Parkinson's Disease be >involved with a list that's long since got off track? What will >PARKINSN be when the experts that have stuck it out so far have left? > >What's the point of an archive of the list when 95% of the posts are >junk? Why should I put the effort into trying to find the useful >stuff in the archive if no one can be bothered to stick to the >subject matter? > >I repeat my offer to host any PD related mailing list - if you think >there's a niche not being served, and are willing to help run it, >drop me a mail. > > > > >Simon >-- >--------- My opinions are my own, NIP's opinions are theirs ---------- >Simon J. Coles Email: [log in to unmask] >New Information Paradigms Work Phone: +44 1344 753703 >http://www.nipltd.com/ Work Fax: +44 1344 753742 >=============== Life is too precious to take seriously ===============