[log in to unmask] wrote: >Edith, > > Thank you for your St. Patrick's Day message, and for your subsequent >posting, sent directly to me, where you have realized, after the fact, that >your heartfelt St. Patrick's Day message did violate the list guidelines. It >is very easy to break the guidelines because we want personal contact and we >want to be a family. Many of us do not even know the quidelines are there, >and many of us forget about those stuffy, legalistic guidelines. > > Look at all the traffic on this list today, and the number of >postings on the list, not just your posting, which technically or directly >violate the >guidelines. And this happens every day. A percentage of people on the list >has always favored listing everything and using the delete button whereas a >percentage, which includes me (a legally trained person) has always favored >compliance with the guidelines. I tried to alert people to the >problem that >if, we were slowing down the UT system, our volume was too big, e.g. >non-compliance with the >guidelines was a problem. If our postings are monitored by the UT or >elsewhere, how can that academic institution justify providing services for >personal messages, poetry, humor pieces/jokes, etc? > in the next manifestation of a Parkinson List Serve -I would suggest allowing liberal freedom of posting content and even allow attatchments i realize guidelines are necessary to limit what can be overwhelming volume for some there will need to be a balance poetry, short stories, irrelevant news, ethnic news, religion, jokes, arguements, gossip and comment, etc... we've seen it all right here -- it is culture -- it is art not always appreciated compared to a good hardnosed scientific study or report but that is how it can be justified (in some circumstances) something to keep in mind for the future thanks Katie -- for the awareness factor you bring: we need to remain in compliance with the rules until we can move on Ray >zzap > > >the list guidelines and careful compliance with the guidelines may be the >survival of this list and its family. > > Edith, your St. Patrick's Day message was an unintentional slip. I am >certain we all loved receiving and reading it. Happy St. Patrick's Day to >you! Katie > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ray Strand\ Prairie Sky Design\ -----------------( on the Edge of the Prairie Abyss )--------------- when the sky is clear\ the ground is visible\ \ /50/47dx PD/40? onset/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn