Let the merger begin.
--- David Lee Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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
>
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