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Hi all, Just a thought, but I recently went to a training day on Web2 and was introduced to WIKIs. I won't pretend to be an expert, but at the time it crossed my mind that some of the technologies the speakers were talking about might be usefult to GEM, and could be an answer to the apologies for cross posting and overflowing email boxes people are experiencing (whilst still allowing people to communicate and share their experiences easily)! I understand you can send emails to it that would be automatically filed and then people could view folders according to subject and need, instead of sifting though mails that aren't relevant. I just googled wiki (try it or look on delicious.com - searching web2) to see if I could find something to help explain Wikis for those who haven't a clue (I wouldn't have known anything until last friday). Here are a couple pages that might help (though the common craft only explains one function) To explain more see: http://newtools.pbwiki.com/Wikis http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english http://pbwiki.com/ http://internettime.pbwiki.com/email Thoughts anyone? Cheers Clare Manning Castle Heritage Centre, Bude Cornwall -----Original Message----- From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ian Russell Sent: 03 December 2008 14:40 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: GEM listserver setup issue? Sorry folks. This 'new-boy' has just received three separate, friendly, off-list emails, apologetically explaining that discussion is not tolerated in the GEM email list. It seems that this is because too many subscribers have failed to set up their incoming listserver emails to be filtered into separate folders and their inboxes are consequently overflowing. I feel like someone who has cheerily burst into a reading room and wonders why conversation is a bit slow to start. I have to say I am disappointed because this officially describes itself as the "List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK, in particular the use of IT, learning in and from museums, and related research." I may tiptoe around in here for a bit and read the notices, because they seem so interesting. But I'm not sure I'm going to stay. SSSHHHHHH...!!! Sorry. [log in to unmask] * http://www.interactives.co.uk * Give people facts and you feed their minds for an hour. Awaken curiosity and they feed their own minds for a lifetime. * Ian Russell Any opinions expressed in this email TOTALLY reflect the views of the institution.