Good idea! I missed the Maria op but would have contributed had I known.
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Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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Stephanie - Oct 24, 2011 12:55:42 pm PDT #5018 of 6786
Trust my rage
le nubian - Oct 24, 2011 12:57:01 pm PDT #5019 of 6786
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yes, agreeing with Stephanie, I would have as well.
amyth - Oct 24, 2011 1:01:47 pm PDT #5020 of 6786
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Same here. I like the idea!
JenP - Oct 24, 2011 1:02:57 pm PDT #5021 of 6786
Yeah, I think we've all probably missed one thing or another through the sheer pieciness of back channel, and how, at least in my experience, we're all using lj less these days. Or dw.
I applaud and bow to anyone who takes on organizing one of these things, because I know how hugely challenging it is to get to everyone, even with reposts, etc.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 24, 2011 1:04:36 pm PDT #5022 of 6786
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That sounds like a good idea. I have missed a couple as well.
Anne W. - Oct 24, 2011 1:06:49 pm PDT #5023 of 6786
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I like the idea of an email list. People can select to be on it (or not), and it would be easy to filter out specific names if need be.
we're all using lj less these days. Or dw.
And some of us are actively avoiding using Facebook.
amyth - Oct 24, 2011 1:09:41 pm PDT #5024 of 6786
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Yeah, I've deleted my lj, er, twice now.
Liese S. - Oct 24, 2011 1:23:55 pm PDT #5025 of 6786
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I think it's a great idea. It would definitely need to be bcc all the time in order not to be spreading email addresses unintentionally.
And in other news, I'm the one who organized the maria effort, I knew I wasn't hitting everyone who would want to help, but didn't know how to, and (don't look, maria!) it's still ongoing! So if anyone still wants in on that, feel free to ping me at profile addy, or lj (fatoudust) or facebook (lisa kprinkle). Paypal to lisa@hopeintransit.org.
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2011 1:38:15 pm PDT #5026 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And, to be kind to our eyes, send stuff out bcc:, but that may just be a personal preference. Of mine.
But that would mean there could be no conversations.
JenP - Oct 24, 2011 1:46:45 pm PDT #5027 of 6786
I figure it should work something like this:
Sally the organizer sends and e-mail to Pippa the keeper of the list, saying "Hey, I'm organizing a thing for Lorenzo. Could you please send out this e-mail to everyone? [Sally provides text for the e-mail] Ask them to respond to me by e-mail at iamawesome@gmail.com by two days from now (or whatever). And forward anyone to me who responds to you by mistake. DON'T FORGET TO REMOVE LORENZO FROM THE E-MAIL NO, REALLY, DON'T FORGET! Thanks, Pippa, you are awesome!"
Then Pippa the keeper sends out the e-mail, whoever is interested responds to Sally the orgainizer, and it's up to Sally how she wants to conduct the conversation -- by e-mail, lj, smoke signals, whatever -- but she uses only the names of the people who respond to her. Obvs, if she uses e-mail, then, yeah, she has to put the e-mails out there to conduct the convo. But she's conducting it only with the people who are interested, and she's running the show.
The keeper really just needs to send out the original e-mail announcing the project. That way, also, if a Big List participant does not join in on a particular project, he or she does not continue to get e-mails about it.
That's as far as I've thought it out.