another question to ponder

[Lou-at-home]

For the record, I agree with Perry's analysis. Having two lists was just 
a nuisance -- what's too technical for one person is too fluffy for 
another. I think we'd do better to stick with one list, and try harder 
not to be unnecessarily obscure. There's plenty of evidence of people 
finding that actually this technical stuff is not as daunting as they 
thought it might be when they started reading it. I dont mind if someone 
wants to set up a tei-fluffy list tho !

<p>C. Perry Willett wrote:
> I would just point out that we had a TEI-TECH list, but it was eventually
> withered away. Not sure why--whether there weren't enough subscribers to
> make it viable, or that it was difficult to define the difference between
> the two lists well enough. If I'm remembering correctly, posts to
> TEI-TECH were generally also cross-posted to TEI-L, so it only
> doubled the volume without solving the problem.
> 
> Perry
> 
> 
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Susan Schreibman wrote:
> 
> 
>>I agree totally! Sometimes there is just so much going on the TEI list, that
>>I can't get to it. I'd also love to be able to delete items, and know I can
>>get back to them. Humanist has a fabulous archive interface. If we could
>>have something like that for the TEI, and an easy way of finding special
>>interest lists for newcomers, that would be terrific.
>>
>>susan
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Christian Wittern" <wittern at kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
>>To: <tei-council at lists.village.Virginia.EDU>
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:46 PM
>>Subject: Re: another question to ponder
>>
>>
>>
>>>Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz at computing-services.oxford.ac.uk> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sorry to bang on about this, but if the TEI Consortium (as opposed to
>>>>the TEI) is to have a future, it has to be much more proactive about its
>>>>image, its communications, its services etc. A sine qua non for that is
>>>>a single home for mailing lists, with centralized subscription
>>>>management, common searchable archives, and a rational set of lists for
>>>>different aspects of the TEI.
>>>
>>>
>>>In Nancy we shortly touched on this and I remember that Lou promised
>>>to look into how to implement improvement in list offerings.
>>>
>>>I also see this as a vital point for the way TEI is perceived from the
>>>outside (or even from the edges).  Management of the lists is a mess
>>>and done purely on an ad-hoc basis, with at least three different
>>>providers involved.  But given that the list form the most central
>>>piece of communication infrastructure the TEI has, I see the need to
>>>streamline this and put it in a common namespace, namely tei-c.org.
>>>What do we need to have an operating listserv server (like, say GNU
>>>mailman) taking care of lists at tei-c.org?  Who do we need to ask to
>>>get an estimate on this?  I will put this on the agenda for the next
>>>call, but would like to have a proposal we can discuss by then.  I
>>>assume also that this is rather an issue the board should take up, but
>>>I am sure the Board will consider a statement from the Council if we
>>>have one.
>>>
>>>All the best,
>>>
>>>Chistian Wittern
>>>
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>
>>> Christian Wittern
>>> Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
>>> 47 Higashiogura-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265, JAPAN
>>>
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