I agree, Phaedra. But in fact Hannah was genuinely asking for ideas for 
a slogan, that it generated humorous and serious ones should not really 
matter, nor should one's sense of humour. It was an appeal to the list 
for ideas. The choice remains to join in or ignore. The main thing 
should be that the subject heading accurately reflects the subject. That 
way we can choose.

Pam

Phaedra Casey wrote:
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> I agree.
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> I don’t see anything wrong with using this list to promote a sense of 
> community amongst archivists, many of whom will be working by themselves.
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> Perhaps we should have two separate lists?
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Morrison, Andrew L
> *Sent:* 30 November 2009 11:11
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> *Subject:* Re: Archive Slogans
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> Of course this raises the issue of who it is that decides what is 
> frivolous or appropriate. If there is a discussion on a serious topic 
> is it ok to bombard the list with lots of emails about that? Finally 
> if we are not allowed to put up such “frivolous” messages then that 
> may result in people unsubscribing on the grounds that there is little 
> point in being part of a list which is overly serious and only allows 
> “proper” emails.
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> *From:* Archivists, conservators and records managers. 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Midgley
> *Sent:* 30 November 2009 10:25
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> Dear all,
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> I find this email list to be a fantastic resource for keeping up to 
> date with current issues and shared frustrations in archives around 
> the country and world. It raises stimulating discussion topics, and in 
> many instances answers questions to which we may not otherwise know 
> how to go about answering.
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> With this in mind, suggesting that we automatically delete or 
> unsubscribe from the the list in order to avoid being bombarded with 
> threads such as this one rather misses the point both of the list and 
> of subscribers' reasons for subscribing in the first place.
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> The last thing I want to do is to appear disrespectful or insulting to 
> anyone who does just want to swap a few frivolous archive-based jokes. 
> This email list, however, is simply not the place to do it. It is 
> absolutely essential that the informative and useful nature of the 
> list is maintained, or everybody will simply lose interest and stop 
> using it as a tool. In the current age of transition and adaptation, I 
> cannot see that that is a particularly wise outcome to pursue.
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> I will leave it at that, as from experience, I know that lengthy 
> emails are dismissed as rants and deleted as readily as novelty 
> threads. I would just like to reiterate that it is not productive to 
> send frankly embarrassing emails to everybody, who will simply stop 
> paying attention, and that it is the sort of thing that really should 
> be shared with friends or familiar colleagues in a controlled 
> environment or classified forum.
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> Regards,
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> Tom Midgley
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> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:11:54 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Archive Slogans
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Whilst the current slogan thread might not be to everyone’s taste and 
> maybe it is annoying if you’re trying to get on with something and you 
> keep getting frivolous messages, I suggest that anyone who doesn’t 
> want to receive them either un-subscribes for a short period or sets a 
> rule to delete the messages rather than asking people not to post them.
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> I’m enjoying the suggestions.
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