About our "kurfluffel": I would like to "de-lurk" long enough to throw out
yet two more perspectives from two different sources.
First, there is a fine message from Simon Coles on the "Life Cycle of
Mailing Lists" from February 18, 1997 in the archive. We seem to be at #5:
"discomfort with diversity", soon to proceed to #6 which could lead either
to "smug complacency and stagnation" or to "maturity".
Second, I also belong to the "Vocalist", managed by Mark Hotti in Finland.
It's mostly for classical musicians, or wannabe musicians like me.
Today's topics varied from "the joy of singing" to "a discussion that
turned to judgement" to "castrati"! Every week he broadcasts a
"netiquette" list, which seems to be respected by most people but ignored
by a few, typical of any interest group. It might be helpful for us to do
something similar. Here it is below, as an example of what another group
experiences.
As our Joe would say, "Cheers!"
Mary Yost, diagnosed at age 42 in 1990; proud carepartner of a 2-foot
ceramic pink piggy bank getting heavier and heavier with pennies for
Parkinson's and keeping healthy by eating "greens" including some $20
bills; politically leaning towards "peace at any price" -- life is too short.
EXAMPLE FROM ANOTHER LIST OF THEIR WEEKLY NETIQUETTE POST:
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 00:38:13 +0300 (EEST)
From: Marko Hotti <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: ADMIN: VOCALIST Netiquette (Updated: July 28th, 1999)
General guidelines for posting to VOCALIST / Netiquette July 28th,
1999
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The mailing list address is: [log in to unmask]
There are over 800 subscribers receiving VOCALIST and VOCALIST-DIGEST
daily. More than 1000 messages are read daily using the VOCALIST's message
archive interface. Consider that a large audience will see your posts.
That may include your present or your next boss. Take care in what you
write and remember that your words may be stored for a very long time in a
place to which many people have access.
* Read both mailing list and WWW archives for couple of days to get
an understanding of the culture and the atmosphere of the list.
If you want to ask a question, please check the archives to see
the question has not recently been covered.
VOCALIST WWW Database and Search Engine can be found at:
http://search.vocalist.org/
VOCALIST Digest Archives can be found at:
http://www.vocalist.org/archives/
* Messages to VOCALIST should be brief and to the point. Please
do not wander off-topic - change the subject heading instead.
* Subject lines should follow the conventions of the group (see below).
Always change the subject header whenever the topic of the thread has
changed. This is to help readers choose only the messages they are
interested in. In other words, keep the subject header as informative
as possible.
* Commercial advertising, chain letters or virus alerts are strictly
forbidden in VOCALIST. Forgeries, spoofing or spamming are not
approved behavior.
* When replying to a message, consider the following:
* Personal replies should ALWAYS be sent to the originator
of the message using *private* e-mail. VOCALIST uses
a set reply-to: header pointing to the list address and
you may accidentaly send a personal response to a great
many people.
* Do not quote entire postings! It's a good idea to summarize
the original at the top of the message, or include just enough
text of the original to give a context.
* If you should find yourself in A DISAGREEMENT with one person,
make your responses to each other via private email. If you are
debating a point on which the group might have some interest, you
may summarize for them later.
* Finally: Treat other people with RESPECT. Don't start arguing
or flaming someone publicly. You will just make a fool out of yourself.
Do not send mail or post messages solely to point out other people's
errors in spelling or the way they think about things.
* If you are caught in an argument or a 'hot topic', keep the discussion
focused on issues rather than the personalities involved.
Subject labels:
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* Please note, that these labels are optional and the classification
is not strict. If you come up with a good label, please drop a note
to the list owner.
CLASS: for classical singing issues
POP: for popular singing issues
ROCK: for rock music singing issues
JAZZ: for jazz singing issues
VOICE: for voice study issues
TECH: for technical issues
MED: for medical issues
ANN: for event announcements
REP: for repertoire issues
MISC: for miscellaneous stuff
ADMIN: for administrative postings
Suitable topics of discussion:
==============================
* VOCALIST was started to get together singers all over the world
and offer a forum of discussion on teaching and studying singing.
Solo singing in different styles as well as ensemble singing are
covered here.
* We don't want to restrict the topics to any particular style,
musical period or skill level - everyone is welcome to contribute.
* We have frequently talked about singing repertoire, technique and
interpretation. Your questions are welcome - there are dozens of
professionals, semi-professionals and active singers on the list
who may help you.
* Other topics might include: Auditioning technique and actual
audition announcements; working with a director or a coach;
working with accompanists; concert reviews and ads; jokes;
voice and food/drinking; shaping up one's voice etc...
VOCALIST Netiquette will be posted to the subscribers every week
With regards, Marko Hotti <[log in to unmask]>
Oulu University Faculty of Medicine
Oulu Polytechnic Department of Social and Health Studies
Oulu - FINLAND
