At 02:49 PM 2/26/2008 -0500, you wrote: >It might be nice to heave clear guidelines to periodically post on ST list >for newcomers. Here's a sample from of a well functioning local list, >Human Services Coalition. Ours is by nature more fuzzy because we support >conversations....part deleted...
Dear Elan and Friends--I think the HSC list and the rules they operate on are great, for their type of list. They have an announcement-oriented list and the subscribers do not discuss topics or issues, which is good, given the type of list it is. Almost all of their rules are applicable to the ST list as well, however, as I stated in an earlier post today, and as others have stated repeatedly as well, I think is critical that we develop as much dialogue around sustainability and related issues as possible. This is I feel the most beneficial and constructive function of the ST list. Most of us can't meet face to fact to discusses these issues so an electronic forum like the ST list is vital as far as I'm concerned. >Guidelines for HSC's Non-profit Listserve >* DO NOT use this list serve for ongoing dialogue. If you want to respond >to another subscriber, please respond directly to that individual, not to >the entire list. Another issue is that there are less than 300 subscribers to this list and there are c. 110,000 people in Tompkins County. So the list is a tiny, minuscule, self-supporting group of folks with common interests. I try to tell as many people about the ST list as possible, hoping that we can grow the sustainability community using the list as a vehicle to do so. My $.02. Tom Tom Shelley 118 E. Court St. Ithaca, NY 14850 607 342-0864 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myspace.com/99319958 P I thank you for printing this e-mail only if it is necessary "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The World Commission on Environment and Development, Gro Harlem Brundtland Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, 1987 MY NOTE: Sustainable development does not mean "sustainable growth" as growth per se is not sustainable. And the term "sustainable" has to mean "for a very long time" (A. Bartlett). "The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives." Sioux proverb _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
