Rarely do I post to this list, however, this is one subject that I feel
I need to voice my concern about.
I, personally, joined this list to educate myself about the field of
RIM. I'm not interested in sports, or song titles, or anything that
diverges from RIM.
Yesterday, I deleted 40 messages that were not of use to me. Only 6 of
them were RIM related, the other 34 were about song titles - 34! I am a
busy professional, I do not have time for such frivolity.
Maybe there is another forum for such thing and we can keep this list
for RIM specific issues? I know that I would appreciate it.
Respectfully,
Starla
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Starla Lago, Records Technician
City of Santa Barbara, City Clerk's Office
(805) 564-5309 * FAX (805) 897-2623
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Larry Medina
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:39 AM
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Subject: Why we don't all agree on this subject...
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Ryan, Rebecca <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Follow up. You and I talked about this before and I decided to drop
it.
> But I have one more question - why don't we just use the delete button
> for these? For many other threads it's acceptable to use the delete
> button.
>
> Why oh why do we have to be scolded every time we use these two words?
>
> And I will say once again - I, Rebecca Ryan - find value in knowing
> who and how many others are interested in a particular topic. I hate
> to use the "c" word, but I'm trying to tell you I find value in that
> type of correspondence. Why should it not be allowed? Content is
> content is content. Please let me reiterate - I do not need vegetables
> and song lyrics in my job - but I am very interested that Elizabeth
> Fairfax in Island County, WA is interested in centralized scanning.
> Hmmm...next time a job is opening there, a friend is moving there, a
> consultant wants to do work there, I have that tidbit of information,
> along with a name!
>
> Also, may I suggest that digest mode is a personal choice with its
> very own consequences? I object to that choice coming before the value
> of information I receive when this is permitted.
>
> If we want to have a discussion about value, then let's please have
> the discussion about value together - and listen with open eyes.
Please.
>
>
Hmmm... maybe it's (in part) because the list has a 70 message per day
limit and about the only time we hit it is when we get 30-40 "me too"
messages???
While I appreciate that YOU, REBECCA RYAN find value in reading all of
these and don't mind hitting the delete key, I can almost guarantee you,
you're among the teensy-weensy minority on this.
A Listserv works a lot different than a "message board" or a "blog", and
in most cases (with the rare exception of song titles or TV shows) the
posts stay on point. Nobody knows WHY these type of exchanges start,
and members are reminded we've set up TWO "off topic" Yahoo groups if
people want to exchange chili recipes, talk about song titles, or post
documents and have lengthy exchanges about anything else.... but they're
seldom used.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/RIM_Resources/
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/recmgmt_ot/
Larry
Not a List Admin, but a long time member
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Larry Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972
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