Dear List members,

A big thanks to all debaters so far, I've been enjoying it and think
we're doing well. At this stage I thought some further user tips may
be digestible:

1. Don't worry - lots of people make mistakes on Lists. We'd rather
have participation than prissyness!

2. If you go to this web page you can see archives of all messages,
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6. In the interests of those with slow connections:
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delete the rest.
   c) Please don't use the list simply to promote your latest show!
Other Lists are better for that anyway. We'd prefer debate about the
curatorial issues of shows, constructive criticism and tasty gossip.

7. Everybody be nice!   Flaming is boring.

yours,


Beryl
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Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss
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