Re: Why The List is the Way It Is... Charlie Hathaway 14 Feb 2006 21:36 EST
I think people learn more when they have something new thrown in their path. That confrontation is the beauty of this Listserv. I have learned so much by getting into the habit of opening emails regardless of titles. Even if I don't always read the entirety, I may have alerted my brain to my ignorance. If I was asked to choose the precise topics that I wished to know more about, I would be a bunch more stupider. CH > Thank you Mike and thank you HRI for your many years of support for this > listserv. I must confess that I was a bit upset when the proposal for > change was first made. I was upset based on my experience with a Yahoo > Group that I am required to use for other matters. I much prefer this > listserv. Google is phenomenal and maybe their Group feature is better > than Yahoo's. But, if Mike and HRI are willing to continue doing the > job - hey, they've been great! My vote is that we leave things in their > very capable hands. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On > Behalf Of Mike L. Varney > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:20 PM > To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG > Subject: [RESADM-L] Why The List is the Way It Is... > > > There's been lots of discussion on RESADM-L in the last week or two > regarding all the details of running RESADM-L and the prospects of > moving to a Google Group. I'd like to address a couple of the comments > made. > > First, whomever was saying that you can't search RESADM-L's archives > just isn't reading the tagline at the bottom of EVERY list message for > the last 3 years or so... <grin> RESADM-L has always been searchable > even back in the days it as hosted on a mainframe. In fact, when I > implemented the web-based interface to the listserv, I was able to > import all the archives from the mainframe; so, when you do like the tag > says and go to http://www.hrinet.org, you can search all the way back to > when Liz ran the list in the early 90's. The fact that people re-ask > common questions is just due to human nature; it has nothing to do with > the availability of search. In fact, many people (especially in this > industry) will INTENTIONALLY ask the same questions again in case > there's been a procedure or rule change. > > Next... regarding the aspect of a "private" versus a "public" list. > RESADM-L is a "public" list, meaning that anyone can add themselves to > the list at any time. While you would think that would open the list up > to Spam, surprisingly it doesn't - - the fact that the ListServ requires > a confirmation ("ok") email from the user foils all the spam senders out > there. Keeping the list as a "public" list allows us to facilitate as > many people to come onto and off the list as possible. Given the > lists's topic, it's in our best interest to have as many > industry-related users out there as possible in one forum. > > There was a comment out there about the "vacation" messages sent to > someone who sends something to the list. There's a reason for that too. > A few years back a new standard for Internet Email came out (one of > those annoying RFCs) which said that all Internet email should use a > proper From: tag. Meaning, that the From tag should list who the email > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================