Re: Mod note, off topic posts.

2011-02-10 Thread Michael Thurman
the last ot post turned into someone giving advice to get an ON topic item rather than a note taker, so i think it was worthwile, not to mention the fact that thi slist is full of people likely to be able to help. The blind guide dog and marriage counseling discussion board is likel to be so

Re: Mod note, off topic posts.

2011-02-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hello Michael, If you or anyone have concerns over the wording or content of mod notes, please direct them to Cara and/or me privately. We value feedback and all opinions, however the list is not the place for discussion of management policy. Your point that the last message was steered on

Re: Mod note, off topic posts.

2011-02-10 Thread Scott Granados
Actually, Geof, the number of subscribers is a non issue. I've seen several lists with many factors more members handle OT posts much more effectively by using the tagging method you mentioned. You're assuming that people don't know how to use / configure mail rules. An OT tag makes filtering

Mod note, off topic posts.

2011-02-09 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings y'all, This seems like an apt moment to request everyone's help to please keep posts on topic. Sadly, this list has reached the level of subscriber ship (639 at this writing) where we don't have the flexibility to welcome off topic messages. Marking a post as OT does not render it