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Matt estimated 50-60 emails a day to the list. Someone [sorry I've forgotten who] looked at the list and noted that 1/3 are female and 2/3 are male. Here are some stats on recent postings... Friday -- 100 emails, 21% from females [I estimated Ally=f and Alex Davis=m] Saturday -- 101 emails, 24% from females Sunday -- 67 emails, 30% from females Andrew Jackson [21] and Mark Weiss [19] posted the most mails in the period. Estimated error rate in the data - 5%. The data is purely quantitative, no conclusions can be drawn about the quality of contributions. Conclusions - 1. The list is hot, people are under pressure. [So, recently posted advice about 'sleeping on it' looks to be pertinent.] 2. It appears that the list is more male dominated than the enrolments indicate. [Recently posted advice that the women should just 'jump in' ignores evidence about the kinds of environments that women feel comfortable jumping into.] Regards, Gillian %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%