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I prefer the RAINDROP format, it makes it much easier to select articles to follow up. It is great to get stories I would never otherwise come across, Thanks for your commitment to sharing sector information regards Chris Catton Programme Director, Information Resources Amnesty International Peter Benenson House 1 Easton Street London WC1X 0DW From: Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Date: 16/05/2010 02:43 Subject: An Umbrella for RAINdrops Sent by: "Archivists, conservators and records managers." <[log in to unmask]> As many of you have noticed I have started posting individual RAINdrops rather than continue compiling a weekly digest of the news. I know that many have complained to some listadmins at the volume. first of all let me give some background. RAIN has been in continuous production (with the occasional drought due to vacations and the World Cup) since starting in August 1996. Over the past 14 years I have worked to produce RAIN in the most efficient and least burdensome manner for me. Currently I have over 50 Google news alerts running. On average I receive about 30 alerts each day with each one containing 1 to 3 stories each. Reviewing reach alert for appropriate stories takes on average 2-3 minutes or about 60-90 minutes each. compiling RAIN required at a minimum 2 hours or more each week. Thus RAIN is/was taking 10 or more hours a week. My paying job has me on the road generally every other week and sometimes back to back trips. thus causing RAIN to pile up. Many ask why not use twitter or do a blog. I've started using twitter, but the most efficient means for distributing RAIN is to the listservs. Now some have complained that they didn't like getting so many RAINdrops in a row, for that I have a solution. Every email client provides users with the ability to create rules or filters for managing incoming emails. I consistently use RAIN in the subject line. with that in mind you can create a rule that will automatically grab RAINdrops before they hit your inbox and place it in a specific folder or into the trashbin whichever you prefer. I've do this for the numerous out of office messages that flood my email address everytime I post. It is so efficient that I am amazed when one Out of office message slips through. Finally RAIN messages are read in over 50 countries around the world. granted the majority of readers are in the US and the UK. You can follow me via twitter (see my sig-block) and I am considering a blog, but only if it the time commitment isn't burdensome. any complaints, suggestions or whatever can be sent directly to me. No need to complain to listadmins.. I don't bite ;-) -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va http://twitter.com/RAINbyte Information not relevant for my reply has been deleted to reduce the electronic footprint and to save the sanity of digest subscribers Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra </PRE><BR/> -- <p style='font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial'>Working to protect human rights worldwide <p style='font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial'>DISCLAIMER<p style='font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial'> This email has been sent by Amnesty International Limited (a company registered in England and Wales limited by guarantee, number 01606776 with registered office at 1 Easton St, London WC1X 0DW). Internet communications are not secure and therefore Amnesty International does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose or rely on the information in this e-mail. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Amnesty International unless specifically stated. Electronic communications including email might be monitored by Amnesty International for operational or business reasons.<BR/><BR/>This message has been scanned for viruses by Postini. www.postini.com </p> Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra