Dear all,
As list-owner, let me say happy birthday everyone! EPNL is seven years old
this week.
So, has the dust settled? Personally I'm delighted with how well EPNL has
worked, it's far friendlier than other lists I've belonged to and it really
hasn't suffered from many inappropriate postings. For the record, I've only
had to moderate (and eventually bar) one subscriber so far - not bad
going. There are currently 85 of us. Welcome, Stuart!
Tone will occasionally be a problem in such a forum, and in a small
community where many of us know each other pretty well (and can picture the
wry facial expression as the finger hits 'send') we might be particularly
prone to assuming we're always addressing friends. Frankly, I'd rather keep
it like that - I don't want contributors to have to spend too much time
trying to be delicate. But if anyone makes genuinely snide or unpleasant
remarks then I'll send them a warning.
The simplest answer to "How does it work?" is probably "Have a look here:"
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/EPNL.html
All the best,
Paul
Dr Paul Cullen
Institute for Name-Studies
School of English Studies
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
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