Re: Re[2]: Improper use of this Listserv -Reply

Brian E. Smith (smithb@MANAGEMENT.MCGILL.CA)
Mon, 4 Nov 1996 21:25:10 -0500

At 10:08 PM 11/4/96 -0500, you wrote:
>With regard to the evolving focus of this mailing list, the experience at
>my university might be of interest.
>
>We started with CUNYTALK for technical discussions among techies at City
>University of New York. Particularly because of serious retrenchment
>prospects, the list -- the only one at the time linking CUNY faculty
>--became a forum for other items of common interest. Almost everyone
>agreed that that was the right thing to do.
>
>Since then, a second list -- CUNYTECH -- has been created for technical
>matters, and CUNYTALK remains less focused. The number of postings on
>CUNYTALK is maybe 100 times that on CUNYTECH.
>
>Geoff Akst
>Manhattan CC
>

Thanks for the insight Geoff. It seems very similar with our experience and
raises interesting issues that we will discuss at the Long Beach meetings.
Don Hutchison's survey will be of interest in that regard.

Brian