"Yes," in answer to all your questions, James. We hated to have to do it and
hope it proves necessary only temporarily. People need a certain degree of
security to speak to each other, as virtual strangers, comfortably, and
that's been undermined--but not permanently, I trust.
Candice
on 7/28/01 9:05 PM, [log in to unmask] at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> To: The Powers That Be
> It doesn't seem like a good idea to me to lock up
> the archives...I'm not a member of the UofB Poetics
> list but I do check in occasionally via the archives
> to see what is happening...to read and retrieve
> interesting material for future reference or to post
> to another list.
> Aren't the archives, passive as they may be,
> a means of connecting the list
> to the larger poetry-interested world?...
> Also, aren't the archives a good place for prospective
> members to sample the list prior to signing on?
> Finnegan
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