I agree.
G. Mustafa Soomro
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From: Ross Renner <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, 29 June, 1999 21:22
Subject: Re: A separate list for job advertisement in statistics?
>
>This sort of suggestion is made quite regularly on other electronic
>mailing lists that I belong to.
>
>Deleting unwanted subject matter from an easily recognizable source like
>allstat is too swift and simple to be "oppressive".
>
>The huge advantage of electronic mailing lists like allstat, stat-l and
>anzstat, which do not separate out job adverts, is that the ads reach a
>far wider audience than those who are actively seeking jobs. The people
>in that audience not only pass on information, but may also be alerted
>to a position that they had not previously considered for themselves.
>
>Cheers
>
>Ross
>
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>> This is in a sense a message for the ALLSTAT list owner, but
>> on balance I *think* that I should also share it with the
>> list membership.
>>
>> In subscribing to ALLSTAT a couple of months ago, I find
>> that I have joined a community which exercises my interests
>> in Statistics (and some who are interested in keyboard
>> instruments!) but that I am oppressed considerably by the
>> great volume of Job Advertisements which are distributed here.
>>
>> I am one, and I suppose there may be others, who has no
>> intention of seeking a new job, nor of advising others who
>> may be job seekers. On the other hand, I can see that there
>> are likely to be many persons for whom immediate notification
>> of selected job advertisements in statistics etc. must be
>> highly valuable.
>>
>> So, I suggest, could ALLSTAT be even better if organised
>> as two separate lists - one for the Job Advertisments and
>> one for the other/general/substantive discussions? Those
>> who wanted only one service could subscribe to only that one,
>> those wanting both could subscribe to both. What do others
>> think?
>>
>> Norman Marsh
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