I'd vote initially for the third option. The Spenser list has been open
all along to discussion of a pretty wide range of authors and
topics. Asking all two-hundred odd subscribers to switch lists again (for
the second time in the last year or so) seems needlessly complicated.
D
At 11:41 AM 1/6/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Dear Sidneians and Spenserians,
>
>The Sidney-L list, dedicated to the study of Sir Philip Sidney and things
>Sidneian, has been without a manager since the death of Jerry Rubio. It has
>received very few mailings in this period, and clearly cannot go on in its
>present form. Because of the changes taking place in UK Higher Education
>mailing list facilities, it has not been possible for us to replace it with
>a new list until now. Also, given that many of its members were/are also on
>the Spenser list, it has seemed simplest to let it remain inactive over the
>past year.
>
>Because Spenser and Sidney studies are so closely related, many of those on
>one list have tended to be on the other. It might be fruitful, in reopening
>Sidney discussion, to amalgamate the two lists rather than develop another
>separate resource. We are therefore writing to Sidney and Spenser
>list-members to request your opinions on how things should go from here. We
>suggest the following options:
>
>* Found a new list at JISCmail dedicated to Sidney studies (leaving the
>Spenser List intact)
>
>* Amalgamate the two lists under a new name and address (e.g.
>[log in to unmask])
>
>* Close the Sidney list and invite Sidneians to make more of the Spenser list
>
>
>We would also be interested in having your opinions regarding the need for
>a new, more general list available to any scholar working in English
>Renaissance literary studies (roughly Skelton to Milton). This is a need we
>feel only very vaguely, if at all, and possible parameters are wide
>open--all reactions and suggestions will be welcome.
>
>It might be best if replies were sent to Andrew privately
>([log in to unmask]), and not to everyone; we will summarize and tabulate
>these responses and report back on them to the lists. Although opinion is
>unlikely to be unanimous, it will be very helpful to have a sense of the
>general preferences, and we therefore urge you to take a few seconds to
>offer even a short response.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Andrew Zurcher, Spenser List Manager
>Gavin Alexander, for the Sidney Society
David Lee Miller
Department of English
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
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