Re: feedback wanted on reminder message
OK to insure that the weekly reminder is actually read Mark has to send me a new joke once a week that will be added to the end of each reminder message :) Gord On Wednesday 17 January 2007 11:26 pm, Ender100@aol.com wrote: > Gord, > > God bless ya for having the consideration to ask for feedback on your > weekly list reminder message. > > I am sure you have gotten hundreds of private and public notes regarding > your request—each offering excruciating, detailed evaluations of both the > language and content of your weekly reminder. I have very little to add > to these learned commentaries. > > Obviously, you have spent quite a bit of time on crafting the message and > have a variety of messages you would like to convey to list members both > new and old. I think the weekly reminder is a good thing to do and I am > sure, from your experience running the list, you have pretty well honed > what needs to be said. So, I would only ask that you limit accepting any > suggestions for changes to email received by you in the next 5 seconds. > > Let me also take this opportunity to say that I certainly appreciate the > fact that you sponsor this list and bring together such a fantastic group > of talented people from all over the world—providing a place where they can > share ideas freely with little interference. Though there are at times > disagreements, usually those disagreements are limited to healthy, well > intentioned, constructive debate. Thanks! > > I must admit however that my mind did wonder a bit while pondering your > weekly reminder and I fantasized a few possible additions and/or rules: > > 1. Anyone who posts, must wait til at least 24 hours before responding to > their own post—and then only one response is allowed. > 2. No one can join the list if they have invented a new alt process with > the surname "REX," such as Jell-O-Type REX. > 3. No one is allowed to post in ALL CAPS. > 4. No more than the contents of two messages in a thread can be > referenced in a post. > 5. All list members are to be supplied with an automatic DELETE key for > their keyboard. > 6. All new applicants must be screened with an extensive battery of > psychological test to assure that they have at least a fledgling sense of > humor. 7. No list member can claim to have "done extensive testing" > unless they are willing to describe the extensive tests they performed. > 8. No list member can subscribe to the list from work if they plan to use > an "out office auto-reply," unless they leave their cell phone number where > they can be reached while on vacation. > 9. Political discussions should be limited to bashing the politicians > that I don't like. > 10. The weekly reminder should end with "hehehehe." > > Best Wishes, > Mark Nelson > > Precision Digital Negatives - The System > PDNPrint Forum at Yahoo Groups > www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com -- Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology gordon.holtslander@usask.ca University of Saskatchewan Tel 306 966-4433 112 Science Place Fax 306 966-4462 Saskatoon SK., CANADA homepage.usask.ca~gjh289 S7N 5E2
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