Tina: I can see your point. Having one official list would be a lot of work for you. However, I get well over 100 emails each day, and I don't have time to read emails that are not pertinent to me, and I need a quick way to wade through the emails that are not important to me. For example, the email of Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:15:19 -0700 and the reply of Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:28:15 -0700 had nothing to do with being informed of important information as it pertains to WIGenWeb Project and USGenWeb Project business. Therefore, I did not need to receive these emails. Yet they were in my in box ,and I had to take the time to open them and scan them to see if they contained any information I needed to know. Then, finding out they did not contain any pertinent information, I deleted them. This is time I could have better spent on other things. My suggestion to anyone who wants to avoid wasting their time on the "superfluous" posts is to use the filter options provided by most email programs. I would be willing to help anyone using either Eudora or Outlook set up a filter so they don't have to deal with the non-business related emails from the WIGEN-L. If you need help in filtering out the unofficial emails, please send me a private email at: [email protected], and I will walk you thorough the process. From now on, I'm only receiving the official WIGEN-L emails through my email program. Enjoy! R. Marie At 01:09 PM 10/26/2003, you wrote: >Marie and all, > >Quite frankly, I don't want a list that only I post to. Often times >when "official" WIGenWeb Project or USGenWeb Project business is >posted to WIGEN-L, questions from all of you arise, and a list that >only I post to would not be conducive nor amenable to a question, >answer and discussion format and most certainly not fully serve the >needs of the volunteers. > >I very much feel that as volunteers of the WIGenWeb Project and the >USGenWeb Project, that all of us have a responsibility to not only >participate, but to be informed of important information as it >pertains to WIGenWeb Project and USGenWeb Project business and to have >the ability to respond, ask questions and discuss as we feel so >inclined. > >However, I am not adverse to having a business list (WIGEN-L) that all >WIGenWeb Project County Coordinators are subbed to (mandatory) and a >WIGEN-DISCUSS (for example), that all are initially subbed to but >subscription is not mandatory. > >Comments all? > >Tina >----- Original Message ----- >From: "R. Marie Mickalunas" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:30 PM >Subject: [WIGEN-L] Suggestion About WIGEN-L List(s) > > > > Tina: > > > > I'd like to suggest that the WI GenWeb project have two lists available >for > > the CCs: > > * One list would be mandatory for all CCs. Only the SC would be able > > to post to this list, and it would be reserved for communicating official > > WI GenWeb announcements. Since this list would have very few postings, I > > think a lot of the CCs would be more likely to read these postings rather > > than automatically deleting something just because it came from > > WIGEN-L. > > * One list would be voluntary for all CCs. This one everyone could > > post to, and it would be a more informal list. It would be more like what > > the WIGEN-L is now. > > This may solve the problem of CCs automatically deleting items sent to the > > WIGEN-L list, and it would help alleviate a lot of the hostilities we have > > > seen in the past. > > > > Marie > > > > > > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > > Celebrate Wisconsin! > > Visit the Trempealeau County WIGenWeb Project Pages > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~witrempe/ > > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Celebrate Wisconsin! >Visit the Waupaca County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm

Marie, I am curious .. What is your definition of official WIGenWeb Project emails, and how can you filter to assure that you receive just those. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Marie Mickalunas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:37 PM Subject: [WIGEN-L] Solution to Receipt of Superfluous Emails > Tina: > > I can see your point. Having one official list would be a lot of work for > you. However, I get well over 100 emails each day, and I don't have time > to read emails that are not pertinent to me, and I need a quick way to wade > through the emails that are not important to me. > > For example, the email of Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:15:19 -0700 and > the reply of Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:28:15 -0700 had nothing to do with being > informed of important information as it pertains to WIGenWeb Project and > USGenWeb Project business. Therefore, I did not need to receive these > emails. Yet they were in my in box ,and I had to take the time to open > them and scan them to see if they contained any information I needed to > know. Then, finding out they did not contain any pertinent information, I > deleted them. This is time I could have better spent on other things. > > My suggestion to anyone who wants to avoid wasting their time on the > "superfluous" posts is to use the filter options provided by most email > programs. I would be willing to help anyone using either Eudora or Outlook > set up a filter so they don't have to deal with the non-business related > emails from the WIGEN-L. > > If you need help in filtering out the unofficial emails, please send me a > private email at: [email protected], and I will walk you thorough the > process. From now on, I'm only receiving the official WIGEN-L emails > through my email program. > > Enjoy! > > R. Marie > > > At 01:09 PM 10/26/2003, you wrote: > >Marie and all, > > > >Quite frankly, I don't want a list that only I post to. Often times > >when "official" WIGenWeb Project or USGenWeb Project business is > >posted to WIGEN-L, questions from all of you arise, and a list that > >only I post to would not be conducive nor amenable to a question, > >answer and discussion format and most certainly not fully serve the > >needs of the volunteers. > > > >I very much feel that as volunteers of the WIGenWeb Project and the > >USGenWeb Project, that all of us have a responsibility to not only > >participate, but to be informed of important information as it > >pertains to WIGenWeb Project and USGenWeb Project business and to have > >the ability to respond, ask questions and discuss as we feel so > >inclined. > > > >However, I am not adverse to having a business list (WIGEN-L) that all > >WIGenWeb Project County Coordinators are subbed to (mandatory) and a > >WIGEN-DISCUSS (for example), that all are initially subbed to but > >subscription is not mandatory. > > > >Comments all? > > > >Tina > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "R. Marie Mickalunas" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:30 PM > >Subject: [WIGEN-L] Suggestion About WIGEN-L List(s) > > > > > > > Tina: > > > > > > I'd like to suggest that the WI GenWeb project have two lists available > >for > > > the CCs: > > > * One list would be mandatory for all CCs. Only the SC would be able > > > to post to this list, and it would be reserved for communicating official > > > WI GenWeb announcements. Since this list would have very few postings, I > > > think a lot of the CCs would be more likely to read these postings rather > > > than automatically deleting something just because it came from > > > WIGEN-L. > > > * One list would be voluntary for all CCs. This one everyone could > > > post to, and it would be a more informal list. It would be more like what > > > the WIGEN-L is now. > > > This may solve the problem of CCs automatically deleting items sent to the > > > WIGEN-L list, and it would help alleviate a lot of the hostilities we have > > > > > seen in the past. > > > > > > Marie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > > > Celebrate Wisconsin! > > > Visit the Trempealeau County WIGenWeb Project Pages > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~witrempe/ > > > > > > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > >Celebrate Wisconsin! > >Visit the Waupaca County WIGenWeb Project Pages > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Waushara County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwausha/wsctweb.html > Visit the Wood County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/ > >