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HI DENNIS, As usual you had too think thing through in logical way and shoot a legitimate hole in my brilliant idea. Seriously, I did think of that and do have a little concern- but I think the default change will make people think about whether posting a reply is relevant to the group - like this one I am posting because it is dealing with something that concerns many people on the list. Others today I thought about them and realized that they would not add materially to the list and I sent them directly. I think something will be lost by not publicly applauding good ideas but the trade off I think is a more manageable list for I hope more people and and therefore more ideas find the list manageable and not only get it but read large portions. In any case the change is in effect and we will find out how it effects things- We can always reverse it if it doesn't work. Charlie Dennis Greene wrote: > Hi Charlie, > > On 1st reading, I thought your simple suggestion was an excellent idea. > Subsequently I have started to think that we may find the baby gone with the > bathwater. > > My concern is that the list will lose the 'exchange' part of it's title and > become a series of isolated statements. Part of the strength of this list is > (was?) the spontaneous nature of the debate. > > I am also concerned that many people, particularly newcomers to the list, or > the more reticent of the existing membership, may lack the confidence to > 'broadcast' to the list as a whole when to do so requires a deliberate > choice. If I am right in this belief the list will stagnate and eventually > die for lack of new ideas and points of view. > > I am not saying that, assuming it is technically possible, your idea > shouldn't be tried, but I do think we should do so with care and aware that > this is not a simple change after all but one which changes the list on a > fundamental level. > > Dennis. > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Dennis Greene 49/dx 37/ onset 32 > [log in to unmask] > http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************