Re: A proposal to the tech writing list moderator :my 2 cents

[Stephen Forrest <techwriter -at- IBM -dot- NET>]

FWIW, I agree with the original poster. There are plenty of outlets for
playful urges and the need to express political opinions. A little more
discipline would make this list much more appealing to busy people.

At 01:35 PM 9/23/97 -0500, Lars Bradley wrote:
>This is a major problem on most mailists is to sort what's good or bad! It
>is something that's "out of hand" and it's up to the receiver to screen out
>unwanted messages by subject.

>> From: Paul C. Nendick <pauly -at- ENTERACT -dot- COM>
>>
>> I propose a new list:
>>
>> Techwr-Blather: the list where technical writing professionals can
>> hold campy discussions about their idiosyncrasies.
>>
>> While I appreciate that this may the only forum where some can go to
>> 'interact' with others in the Tech Writing profession, I have a lot of
>> work to do.  Downloading hundreds of posts generated by trivial
>> threads really reduces this list's usefulness and relevance.

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