Re: OT: The Iris Lists

From: starlord@ptw.com (Slc.Dennis Bishop)

>From: Daryl/Kathy Haggstrom <hagg@alaska.net>
>
>John -
>
>I think it's important to give you input on this, since you are sincere
>in your desire to have as workable a list as possible for everyone. This
>list sort of fell into your lap, and I'm sure you were as surprised as
>any when you ended up being a permanent list owner :-) I appreciate very
>much that you were willing to do that. I think I might have had second
>thoughts if that happened to me.
>
>I concur with all the prior comments (100% from what I read) that this
>list is working fine, the commercial tone is very low key (I hardly
>notice it), and things seem to run very smoothly. In fact, I find it
>difficult to tell from the old Iris-L format (which was wise for you to
>do). I have had no problems at all with the transition, as it was no
>more difficult for me than signing up with Iris-L in the first place. I
>think gratitude is my major feeling right now.
>
>One of the biggest pluses I see about staying on Onelist is the greater
>ease for the list owner. When you described the high rate of message
>returns on RT66, and the time involved, it made me realize what a large
>labor of love it was for Tom, and then you. The fact that Onelist
>lessens that particular burden for you is a good reason to stay here.
>
>One other little plus for me with this new list: when I now receive
>incoming list mail it is always prefaced in parentheses with (iris
>talk). This has made it a lot easier for me to differentiate between
>private and list mail. I can scroll down through the headers very
>quickly now.
>
>Oh yes, I like Maureen's suggestion that we now put our e-mail address
>(if we so desire) with our signature, since that isn't accessible
>through list mgmt - that seems easy and practical.
>
>Please don't step down! I think we're fortunate we so easily acquired a
>new home through you!
>
>Kathy Haggstrom
>Anchorage, Alaska (Zone 3)
>hagg@alaska.net
>
>
  You know there's one point most seemed to have forgotten too.
  Remember those people who, for some reson or another got
  subscribed to iris-l and then screamed all over the list
  because they couldn't get off??? I think the chances of that
  happing now are almost ' -0 ' which is a Black Hole.

  Dahliaman staying in his cool trailer with the swamp cooler
  running in the 110+F Rosamond.


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