Here's an alternative. I belong to a yahoo group that operates the same way as Tango L. (You need a yahoo mail address.) You register with the group. When a list member sends a message, everybody in the group gets the message. You don't have to add anybody to your contact list.
Here's an example. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/School_of_Traditional_Argentine_Tango/in fo (I'm not a member of this group.) It has 22 members. Whenever any of the 22 sends a message, to the group address, everybody in the group gets the message. If anybody replies to the message, everybody in the group gets the message. The only addition to your contact list is the group's email address to send messages. Michael Came home to New York where the Argentine Tango is better -----Original Message----- From: Trini y Sean (PATangoS) Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 9:47 AM I understand people's concern over FB. I also know people who refused to leave messages on answering machines when they became popular. Dance groups used to mail out fliers, but none in our area do now as it wasn't cost effective. Postcards with a website address has replaced fliers with all the info. Heck, there are even less postcards now announcing events. But boy, do I get a lot of event invites. What I have not heard are any suggestions on how to attract new voices to FB that would revive discussions and make it worthwhile to continue on MIT. Historically, most of the discussions on Tango-L were started by organizers, teachers, or those maintaining tango websites. All of the new teachers/organizers in my area are much more active in FB than on email listservs (except as it pertains to their work). It's a lot easier to "friend" someone than add an email to one's contact list. On the other tango listserv's that people use, how's the traffic there? Is it by new voices or the same ones? Trini de Pittsburgh _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l