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Dear AM list,
A quick note about yesterday's questions about the use of the list.
1. Please can list members desist from sending attachments to the
list. Attachments bring with them the risk of computer viruses. They
can also take a long time to download. This may not matter for those
of us in offices, or who have broadband at home, but some list
members may be on fieldwork, or dependent on internet cafes, and
would quite rightfully resent using all their alloted email time
downloading an attachment in which they may have no interest.
Instead of attachments please send either a weblink, or invite
interested parties to email you personally for more information.
2. Political content of posts. To date, we have no rules regarding
this. There is doubtless a fine line between politically-motivated
posts and items that may be of interest to other anthropologists.
What is propaganda to one member, may be of ethnographic interest to
the next. The pros and cons of political engagement of
anthropologists has long been the subject of debate. In this
instance, can I once again suggest a strategy that will avoid filling
up everyone's inboxes with email. If any member of the list has an
opinion on this matter that they wish to express - please email me. I
will collate the responses, send them out to the list with a summary,
and debate with the members of the AM steering group whether or not
we need a policy on this matter.
With thanks,
anth
Beckie
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