RE: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question
I would like to see all replies made to the listserve and a summary. Certainly more traffic and we all have enough email, but one useful reply can save hours of work and aggravation so for me its worth it. Several times material has been posted which is nothing I was particularly needing at the moment, but it stuck and I used it later or went back and fixed something. As far as humor goes - seems self limiting so far, and I can use any laugh I can get. Richard Hoskins [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lavoie, Claude Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 12:50 PM To: 'Humphrey, Ben'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question >As for the rest, I do agree with Steve. It would be nice to not have >everybody post all their replies publicly and I completely agree with the >idea of the person who asked the question posting a summary of all the >answers they got (its the least they could do for all the help they got!). >I keep all summaries because who knows when I may run across something that >has been discussed, but to have to sift through a billion replies instead of >one concise summary is a pain in the derriere. Reading all the replies takes a lot of time, but it is SO informative. I personally like them better than summaries, for I sometimes find the latter well ... too summarized. All the information circulating on this list is very precious. I want the gist of it all (at least of what my partial knowledge allows me to understand). Bye for now, _ Claude Lavoie Service du soutien à la clientèle Direction des technologies de l'information Ministère des Transports du Québec 35, rue de Port-Royal Est, salle 5.00 a Montréal (Québec) H3L 3T1 Téléphone: (514) 873-6280 Télécopieur:(514) 873-8203 Courriel: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question
Everybody keep sending the Friday funnies, it makes me think (jut
for a sec) that I'm not a GIS dork holed up in a cube somewhere in corporate
america.
As for the rest, I do agree with Steve. It would be nice to not have
everybody post all their replies publicly and I completely agree with the
idea of the person who asked the question posting a summary of all the
answers they got (its the least they could do for all the help they got!).
I keep all summaries because who knows when I may run across something that
has been discussed, but to have to sift through a billion replies instead of
one concise summary is a pain in the derriere.
Okay, I'm finished, go back to your GISing
-Ben
> -Original Message-
> From: Steve Wallace [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 9:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list
> and an important survey question
>
> Here are some rules of etiquette from the ArcView-L that, I believe, would
>
> help us very much here.
>
> It doesn't really bother me that people on MapInfo-L reply publicly, but
> it
> does when you get 5 people sending their same replies to a person and the
> list, rather than first checking to see if there was an answer posted.
>
> For me, I still say those who need a joke fix can join any number of humor
>
> lists or sites -- and the volume of Friday Humor is growing.
>
> Steve Wallace
> GIS & Market Information Manager
> Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
>
>
>
> >Dear ArcView list member,
> >
> >Several weeks ago I solicited suggestions for list usage and improvements
>
> >from all members. The responses lead to the following clarification of
> >the ArcView list policy. Consider saving this message and referring to
> it
> >before you post something to the list.
> >
> >* The list's stated purpose is "the ArcView list is for
> >ArcView-related technical questions and answers." This purpose is
> >interpreted very broadly (I think to everyone's benefit) to include
> >software comparisons, information about software that competes with or
> >supplements ArcView's capabilities, Q&A about ArcView extensions, and
> >loosely related ArcView stuff such as Map Objects. In short, the list is
>
> >about information useful to people who are using ArcView.
> >
> >* When posting messages, please prefix the subject line with an
> >"AV:" to help people filter messages appropriately.
> >
> >* Please reply directly to the poster of an inquiry rather than to
> >the list.
> >
> >* Consequently, posters are expected to summarize ("SUM") the
> >responses in a timely manner. This is a convenient way of keeping
> >everyone informed while cutting down on e-mail traffic.
> >
> >* As a matter of clarity and etiquette, please (a) restate
> >succinctly the original question when posting a SUM and (b) acknowledge
> >explicitly those generous people who provided useful responses to you.
> >
> >* I repeat: anything you post to the list should be either an
> >inquiry, a SUM, or a TIP. Do not post replies!
> >
> >* Please subdue any inclination you might have to promote a product
>
> >or service on this list. There's nothing the matter with mentioning (or
> >describing, or reviewing, etc.) a product or service that might be of
> >general interest, but many (if not most) list members do not want the
> list
> >used for overtly commercial purposes.
> >
> >* It's OK to cross-post with ArcView-L, but to prevent too much
> >message duplication consider posting first to one list and then to the
> >other if your issue is not resolved. Given that messages to this list
> are
> >broadcast immediately whereas ArcView-L typically delays messages by a
> >day, may I suggest that posting to this list first would be in your
> interest?
>
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RE: MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question
>As for the rest, I do agree with Steve. It would be nice to not have >everybody post all their replies publicly and I completely agree with the >idea of the person who asked the question posting a summary of all the >answers they got (its the least they could do for all the help they got!). >I keep all summaries because who knows when I may run across something that >has been discussed, but to have to sift through a billion replies instead of >one concise summary is a pain in the derriere. Reading all the replies takes a lot of time, but it is SO informative. I personally like them better than summaries, for I sometimes find the latter well ... too summarized. All the information circulating on this list is very precious. I want the gist of it all (at least of what my partial knowledge allows me to understand). Bye for now, _ Claude Lavoie Service du soutien à la clientèle Direction des technologies de l'information Ministère des Transports du Québec 35, rue de Port-Royal Est, salle 5.00 a Montréal (Québec) H3L 3T1 Téléphone: (514) 873-6280 Télécopieur:(514) 873-8203 Courriel: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Fwd: AV: General--New guidance for using the ArcView list and an important survey question
Here are some rules of etiquette from the ArcView-L that, I believe, would
help us very much here.
It doesn't really bother me that people on MapInfo-L reply publicly, but it
does when you get 5 people sending their same replies to a person and the
list, rather than first checking to see if there was an answer posted.
For me, I still say those who need a joke fix can join any number of humor
lists or sites -- and the volume of Friday Humor is growing.
Steve Wallace
GIS & Market Information Manager
Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
>Dear ArcView list member,
>
>Several weeks ago I solicited suggestions for list usage and improvements
>from all members. The responses lead to the following clarification of
>the ArcView list policy. Consider saving this message and referring to it
>before you post something to the list.
>
>* The list's stated purpose is "the ArcView list is for
>ArcView-related technical questions and answers." This purpose is
>interpreted very broadly (I think to everyone's benefit) to include
>software comparisons, information about software that competes with or
>supplements ArcView's capabilities, Q&A about ArcView extensions, and
>loosely related ArcView stuff such as Map Objects. In short, the list is
>about information useful to people who are using ArcView.
>
>* When posting messages, please prefix the subject line with an
>"AV:" to help people filter messages appropriately.
>
>* Please reply directly to the poster of an inquiry rather than to
>the list.
>
>* Consequently, posters are expected to summarize ("SUM") the
>responses in a timely manner. This is a convenient way of keeping
>everyone informed while cutting down on e-mail traffic.
>
>* As a matter of clarity and etiquette, please (a) restate
>succinctly the original question when posting a SUM and (b) acknowledge
>explicitly those generous people who provided useful responses to you.
>
>* I repeat: anything you post to the list should be either an
>inquiry, a SUM, or a TIP. Do not post replies!
>
>* Please subdue any inclination you might have to promote a product
>or service on this list. There's nothing the matter with mentioning (or
>describing, or reviewing, etc.) a product or service that might be of
>general interest, but many (if not most) list members do not want the list
>used for overtly commercial purposes.
>
>* It's OK to cross-post with ArcView-L, but to prevent too much
>message duplication consider posting first to one list and then to the
>other if your issue is not resolved. Given that messages to this list are
>broadcast immediately whereas ArcView-L typically delays messages by a
>day, may I suggest that posting to this list first would be in your interest?
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