Well, this is largely good news. While I would miss the contributors who post through usenet the loss of the email list would mean the complete loss of edstat for me. So I favor any proposal that keeps the mailing list going.
It might be that the loss of the usenet contributors would ultimately kill the mailing list, but I think the list is dead anyway unless someone takes it over. So, to the generous person who volunteered: thank you. Also a belated thank you to Jackie for running this list and providing plenty of notice so that solutions can be explored. Michael **************************************************** Michael Granaas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assoc. Prof. Phone: 605 677 5295 Dept. of Psychology FAX: 605 677 3195 University of South Dakota 414 E. Clark St. Vermillion, SD 57069 ***************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. Jacquelin Dietz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, April 16, 2004 7:55 am Subject: [edstat] Future of EdStat List > Dear EdStat and sci.stat.edu readers, > > I am happy to report that a long-time contributor to the EdStat > list is > tentatively interested in serving as listowner. He is affiliated > with a > large university that uses LISTSERV software to manage thousands > of > mailing lists. These lists have searchable archives, and there is > a > possibility that we could convert the existing EdStat archives to > the > new format. > > HOWEVER, this potential listowner is ONLY interested in the e-mail > list > and would not wish to maintain the current gateway between the > list and > the sci.stat.edu newsgroup. If the list and newsgroup were > separated, > then postings could be limited to subscribers, which would largely > solve > the current problems with spam and viruses. > > There have been several recent messages in support of separating > the > list and newgroup; I don't think anyone has spoken up in favor of > maintaining the gateway. But you should not underestimate how big > a > change this will be. During the week I collected data, 32 > messages were > posted directly to the list by subscribers. Approximately 42 > messages > were posted to the newsgroup. Because of the gateway, we all saw > all 74 > messages. But without the gateway, list subscribers would have > seen > only the 32 messages, and newsgroup readers would have seen only > the 42 > messages. > > We won't take any action immediately, to allow time for some > reactions > and discussion. But unless someone comes up with a viable plan > for > maintaining the gateway, I think we're headed toward separating > the list > and newgroup. > > Jackie > -- > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > E. Jacquelin Dietz (919) 515-1929 (phone) > Department of Statistics, Box 8203 (919) 515-1169 (FAX) > North Carolina State University > Raleigh, NC 27695-8203 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Street address for FedEx: > Room 220A Patterson Hall, 2501 Founders Drive > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > . > . > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: > . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . > ================================================================= > . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
