Why don't you take over as moderator?
Deb G.
>The subject matter of ABRF is potentially valuable, but in practice
>this group has proven to be little but noise and frustration. I am
>writing this instead of simply unsubscribing because there are some
>simple solutions.
>
>1) There are too many junk mailings. Solution: Make the list a
>moderated list. The moderator should post only mailings that are on
>topic. Why should there be any debate on line if the ombudsman made
>a booboo or not? Having a moderator would prevent having viruses and
>worms like Navidad.exe distributed. Attachments should be forbidden
>on the list.
>
>2) There are too many total mailings. Actually item 1 solves most of
>this. However, this is the only list I have ever seen that does not
>offer a "digested" form. I would prefer getting 1 mailing a day with
>10-12 individual questions and responses in it. This also prevents a
>lot of repetitive responses.
>
>3) Almost half the traffic I get is Subscribe or Unsubscribe
>requests. Haven't you ever heard of automatic listserv managers? Why
>should all of us have to get unsubscribe mailings?
>
>Actually, I am beginning to understand the large number of
>unsubscribe requests.
>
>Sorry for an off-topic post.
>==============================================================================
>Dennis J. Templeton, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Director, CWRU Cancer Center
>Fax (216) 368-1300 Department of Pathology
>Phone (216) 368-1266 Biomedical Research Building, 923
>Internet djt2@po.cwru.edu Case Western Reserve University
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> http://cancer.cwru.edu Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4942
Deborah S. Grove, Ph.D.
Director of Research Projects
Nucleic Acid Facility
Life Science Consortium
The Pennsylvania State University
210 Wartik Lab
University Park PA 16802
814 865 3332
http://www.lsc.psu.edu/stf/naf/home.html
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