Is it time to fragment Techwr-l?

[HALL Bill <hallb -at- TENIX -dot- COM>]

People (note non-sexist address)

This list has been an extremely valuable resource for me.  I have had a few
important questions answered directly, and probably more than a hundred
answered before I asked them.  However, it is becoming too much of a good
thing.

At some time or other, I am interested in almost every topic discussed -
including even some of the 'off-topic dribble' Ray tries to stomp on.
Almost anything of interest for a technical communicator to want to write
about will be of interest to me at some time, but 100 posts per extract for
8,000 lines of text are more than I can practically filter and still get any
of my own work done.

I know that some people in the past have suggested including qualifiers in
the subject line to help index the posts - which may help some of you who
have fancy email software.  The corporate technology where I work simply
can't cater for such.

However, I wonder if there isn't some way the present list could be
fragmented into separate, topic related lists: e.g. in no special order,

o  ergonomics
o  language usage
o  relations with other specialties
o  tool usage questions and answers
o  tool procurement and management issues
o  philosophy and ethics
o  customer relations
o  contracting issues
o  employee relationships
o  job and contract adverts
o  education and courses

People could then sign on to monitor those areas of CURRENT interest, digest
those of background interest, and at least know which archive to search for
issues not of current interest but perhaps of vital interest at some later
time.

Earl, is it practical?  Would the list host agree?  People, would it help?

Regards to all,

Bill Hall
Documentation Systems Specialist
Tenix Defence Systems Pty Ltd
Williamstown, Vic. 3016 Australia

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