'Sleeper'
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.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
We're talking about collecting e-mail addresses for Buffistas who would like to be part of surprise notify-by-mail activities?
If Deena can't do it, then I would love to. Also, if we decide to go this way, we should maybe add the possibility of having the e-mail address added to the list when a new member registers. if they choose to?
I would have no problem doing that. I have a lot of e-mail addresses already, and could compile them into a mailing list, send it out, make sure those people included want to be on it, or, if Nilly would rather, that's okay too. I don't mind sharing the fun.
OR, we could create a new mailing list like the LA or the Somervillians, where people opt in if they want to be told of the opportunity to be generous, and either Nilly or I could host that list.
If the goal is surprise, however, the addresses can't be on a list like the Laistas, for example.
Because someone on the list might be the surprizeee. So it would have to be managed as individual address, I think.
Unless there's a mechanism I'm not aware of to exclude an individual addressee.
I assumed there was, but, of course, I could be off my noggin. It's not an uncommon occurrence.
Unless there's a mechanism I'm not aware of to exclude an individual addressee.
I was thinking very low-techly. You have an e-mail with all the addys and you snip out the one(s) you don't need.
I just thought that whoever collects the e-mails will have a list, with both board name and an e-mail address for each person who wants in. Then, whenever somebody wants to surprise Buffista X, an e-mail is sent to every member of the board who is on the list, other than Buffista X (in fact, regardless to whether that X person is even on the list at all).
Therefore, all it takes is collecting the names/e-mails, keeping a file of them, updating that whenever another Buffista wants to opt-it, and use it for circulation whenever the time comes.
[Edit: x-post with Trudy, who said in a couple of lines what I tried to say in a couple of paragraphs]
If you're list admin, you have access to all the e-mail addresses of the members. You just have to remember to take out the one of the intended.
If you're list admin
So it can be a list just like the local lists people use to coordinate stuff?
There you go. Bob's your uncle.
Who likes carrots.
I like that Bob.
So, are we doing it that way? Am I keeping it or is Nilly?