rafael.antonio@sapo.pt wrote: [...]
Let?s be open and colaborative,
Yes, sure, definitely - just look who I work for! The first cooperative to offer Koha service AFAIK. I support collaboration whole-heartedly. Being open and collaborative requires that we protect our communication channels, which are vital for collaboration, from inappropriate behaviour, doesn't it? Large attachments might help close the list off to those on slow connections, and direct marketing might help close the list off from non-commercial networks. I'm surprised attachments aren't held for moderation by the list server. Dr Paul Chandler wrote: [...]
However, I also find an aggressive tone on an internet list scary, because I do understand it. A list is a delicate ecology. [...]
It's more delicate than that. Tone, as such, does not come out in email. That's well-known and has been shown by research like that described in American Psychological Association's Monitor http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb06/egos.html Well, I've been writing emails yesterday and today with an exasperated tone. I find it hard to believe how this is being dragged out and turned into a flamewar by people who claim to hate flamewars. I feel that my two-line email equivalent of a raised eyebrow has been reinterpreted and portrayed as something it wasn't meant to be. elizabeth reacted to it in a very positive way, as I've written in email off-list, *before* John Springer and Joshua Ferraro chipped in. I'm sorry for my part in that, but I can't put this toothpaste back in the tube, so please don't email the list to reinterpret it again as aggressive or about trust. It really wasn't meant like that. Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237