[ADMIN] listowner info, new list

Howdy all,

   I'd like to clarify some points that there has been a lot of 
   confusion over in the past week.  As most of you know, seeds-list
   moved from eskimo.com to mallorn.com and took on a more global
   name: 'propagation'.

   Anyhow, due to some miscommunication between the founder of 
   seeds-list (Duncan McAlpine) and myself, I mistakenly thought
   that Duncan was no longer interested in list ownership.  I
   perpetuated this misunderstanding in my messages to the list,
   so I really apologize for confusing the heck out of everyone
   (myself included).  I will still be involved in the technical
   administration of the list, however.  Duncan has done a fine
   job in the past, and I know that he will in our futures, too.

   I am still planning on setting up another list for the exchange
   of plant material.  I've waited a bit because of some security
   issues that needed to be dealt with at mallorn.com and I wanted
   to make sure that digest members could get their $.02 in regarding
   the list name.

   I sure wasn't expecting the influx of messages that I got though!
   Wow!  I must have received 80 messages with suggestions and
   comments about how the lists should be set up.  Some were two
   or three lines long, while others were measured in terms of pages.
   I tried replying to everyone, but towards the end I was overcome
   with email.  :)  

   Some people wanted a restricted list that covered all aspects of seeds,
   while others wanted general lists that would allow for all propagation
   and exchanges.  More people wanted the latter, and I think it's
   easier to recover from an overly large list than a list that's
   too small.  For that reason I think that the list intended for
   seed and plant material exchanges will remain as open as possible.
   If we start seeing a lot of regular requests that can be categorized 
   I would be more than happy to start another list.  And remember,
   my mailbox is always open if you have comments or anything.

   So, in summary:

      o Duncan McAlpine is still the listowner for propagation, which
        covers all aspects of propagation
      o I'll be dealing with technical issues of the list
      o We'll create a new list dedicated to plant exchanges
      o If the new list gets too busy, we'll split it up into 
        dedicated lists

   Now comes the fun part.  You all get to vote on a name for the new
   list.  Send rank your top 3 votes to 'lindsey+vote@mallorn.com'
   by midnight Wednesday, January 20.  Here are the available selections:

      botanyexchange
      botanicalexchange
      garden_exchange
      gardenexchange
      green-swap
      grow-or-exchange
      growerexchange
      growers-exchange
      hortexchange
      horticulturalexchange
      horticulturexchange
      how2grow
      phytonet
      plantexchange
      plantsearch
      plantseek
      plantseeker
      plantsource
      propexchange
      propswap
      seed-exchange-info
      seednplantsources
      seeds-plants
      sowexchange

   Remember, send your votes to 'lindsey+vote@mallorn.com' -- DO NOT
   REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE, AS IT WILL GO TO THE ENTIRE LIST.

   I'll post the results and create the list on Thursday.

Chris

P.S.  I don't think that this has been announced to this list yet, but
      a while back I created a new list called 'gardenurls'.  It's 
      basically an announce-only list that shows what new gardening
      links have been added to hort.net each day along with a brief
      description.

      To subscribe, send mail to

         majordomo@mallorn.com

      with the body of your message containing the single line

      subscribe gardenurls

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