I have to agree with most of what Katy says here - the list is mainly male,
it is pretty chauvenistic, and it has a tendency to develop a closed-shop
mentality that I am pretty certain frightens newcomers off.
FX: pours petrol on the flames.
Andrew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Katie Law
> Sent: 02 December 1998 10:20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: more statistics and contentious comment
>
>
> Ian Trimble <[log in to unmask]> writes
>
> >DECEMBER REVIEW OF THE GP-UK LIST (01/12/98)
> >** A POLITE REQUEST **
>
> >List traffic has tailed off a little this month
>
>
> "tailed off" ?
>
> By your own statistics it has almost halved (2050 to 1196)
>
> So fewer messages means improved quality?
> (aha, I see - like PACT data?)
>
>
> May I make a couple of contentious comments?
>
> 1. * GP-UK encourages a (male) chauvenistic bias *
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