Dear List members
From time to time I get a flush of people leaving the list. Some have
forgotten how to leave and so send an e-mail to the list instead of to
jiscmail. Some send me a personal request as I can delete someone without to
much difficulty. Some remember how to do it properly. Either way I am aware
of when someone signs on or off the list as I receive automatic e-mails
about all traffic.
I must say that over the years the list has had a significant efflux of
members when certain types of threads are discussed. These include:
1) spats between list members (rare enough these days thankfully. Used
to occur when I was on annual leave and with no internet access)
2) when non medical threads proliferate
3) when threads with a very narrow field of interest attract a high volume
of traffic
4) copycatting (which is what I suspect has happened today)
However it is a timely reminder for what the list is about. We should try
and discuss issues of relevance to emergency medicine of an academic nature.
Of course that is a very loose definition of what we are about but I am
happy to keep it that way. Bringing some helpful evidence and persuasive
arguments about service delivery is fine and fits well under that umbrella.
Strong opinions without background supportive evidence scares people off.
Therefore I would hope this thread can be closed unless people wish to
e-mail me off the list.
Thank you
John Ryan
(list owner acad-ae-med)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Fogarty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:15
Subject: Re: Why Suspend
> Oh don't worry about it Danny. They're not going to escape anyway, just by
> sending "suspend" to the list! I think you've still got a "captive"
> audience!
>
> AF
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Danny McGeehan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:57 PM
> Subject: Why Suspend
>
>
> > Is it something that I have said?
> >
> > Danny McGeehan
>
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