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Dear Andrew, Thank you for contributing. Although I have not felt 'excluded' as such from the list 'club' at any time, I can see how that could happen, not as a deliberate act, but as you say, simply a sense of a private conversation, that incoming threads, or off-shooting ones, are not always acknowledged. Perhaps in light of your comments, which I find very valid, we could all (and I am speaking for myself here really), be mindful of others postings and make efforts to be more inclusively aware. You also mentioned about it feeling more accessible. This perhaps is a good time to ask others, who do not contribute much, or at all, if they also have similar feelings? And I totally agree about the one liners. They can seem so polite and like that exclusive conversation. Perhaps that only really happens a lot, when the list is quiet and some movement is better than nothing. I welcome your input, and I wonder also how Steve feels about it, being the list owner? Best Wishes Amanda On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 10:48 am, Andrew Reeves wrote: > I think that the suggestion to look at the process of the list is a > good > one. Here are my own thoughts, for what they are worth. > > I have been a subscriber to the list for sometime now but only > occasionally > have contributed. I read most of the e-mails sent and in general terms > find them extremely interesting and useful. I do wonder why I don't > contribute much given that I am heavily involved in research in > counselling > and pychotherapy and am not usually hesitant in putting forward a > point of > view! > > I do feel sometimes that the list can be a somewhat exclusive 'club'. > There are regular contributers that attract much response and comment - > their names seem to have a 'currency' on the list. The times that I > have > made some input the response his been limited, or sometimes nothing at > all. > Now I know I might well be projecting onto the list all sorts of > insecurities here, but having acknowledged that I also feel that the > discussions can be a little excluding on occasions. I end up feeling > that > I am witness to a private converstation - you know, the feeling of > walking > into a room and suddenly feeling that you have interrupted > something... or > maybe that is just me? > > I would suggest that given the volume of mail generated by the list > that > those posts that are one-liners, offering thanks for information or not > furthering the discussion might more usefully be sent off-list? Given > the > large number of people that are current subscribers to the list there > must > be reasons why relatively so few actively contribute. > > These are my own opinions and are not intended to rubbish any previous > contributions. I do feel that this is a valuable and informative > list. I > would hope that we could work towards allowing it to feel more > accessible > and less excluding and continue to encourage new debate and points of > view. > > Andrew >