[UrbanCropCircle] group communication via Sustainable Ballard /Urban Crop Circles "mailman" program

[jenny heins]

Me, too.  I need to be on digest or off the list, and I don't want to be off the list!!
It should be easy enough to make un-digest the default, but allow people to opt-in to the digest mode.


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◤               Jenny Heins                    ◥
      President, Sustainable Ballard 
        www.sustainableballard.org
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On Jun 7, 2010, at 11:40 PM, Susan Helf wrote:

> Julia,
> You're welcome.
>  
> I understand that the digest setting can be helpful for some people, but the group decided
> to eliminate that feature. I don't know if it is possible for an individual to get the aggregated
> emails without the whole group getting them as well. I'll find out and get back to you.
>  
> Susan
>  
> 
>  
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Julia Field <julia at sustainableballard.org> wrote:
> Hi Susan, 
> 
> Thanks for all your work on this!
> 
> I noticed this afternoon that it had been switched from digest, and so I went in and thought I'd successfully put myself back on digest - I am actively working to thin my inbox, and digest is the only way I'll stay on this list (or any list).  Now I seem to be back off of digest - could you please advise if we have a choice, and how to make it?  Thanks!
> 
> Julia
> 
> On Jun 7, 2010, at 10:24 PM, Susan Helf wrote:
> 
>> Dear fellow gardeners,
>> We are going back to the Sustainable Ballard/Urban Crop Circles "mailman" program for
>> electronic communication. It is sometimes referred to as "the listserve." Many of us were annoyed by the
>> excessive verbiage that accompaned every new message coming through the mailman. We temporarily
>> switched to using an email list, but that list was time-consuming to update and had accuracy problems.
>>  
>> Michael Wolf diagnosed the problem with the mailman system. It was set on "digest," the default setting,
>> which allows hundreds of emails to be bundled and sent together. We shut off the "digest" setting.
>> Now you should receive only the latest message.
>>  
>> Directions for using the mailman system:
>>  
>> 1. Sending messages: type urbancropcircle at lists.sustainableballard.org into your browser.
>> Your message will go to everybody on the UCC list.
>>  
>> 2. Subscribing or unsubscribing. There's no need to notify me or Paula about adding or
>> removing names from the list. You can do it anytime yourself. Here's how:
>>  
>>     Go to the link at the bottom of the Urban Crop Circles message page: 
>>     http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org
>>     Click on the link.  When you get to the UCC page, scroll down near the bottom to the
>>     subscribe/unsubscribe form.
>>     Put your email address (and name, if you wish) into the appropriate place on the form
>>     click "submit"
>>  
>> Paula put together a list of our email addresses. She'll send that list to us
>> as an attachment to a regular email. That will allow us to contact each other individually.
>>  
>> Jean and I, and possibly Paula, will make a trip to Nicklesville this Friday, June 11,  to deliver more planting
>> pots, compost and plant starts. Tonight UCCers donated plant starts, batteries, blankets, a tarp and a pair
>> of shoes for the residents of Nicklesville. Thanks to everyone who made a donation.
>> The Nickolodeans could use other items as well:
>>  
>> more plant starts and seeds (including flowers;) socks, band-aids, cough syrup, scrap plywood for boardwalk
>> paths on their muddy campground; fleece jackets, rain jackets,
>>  
>> Please leave  donations on my porch by 9 a.m this Friday.  My address is 740 N. 82nd St. I live between Linden
>> and Fremont Avenues North, 1.5 blocks west of Aurora Avenue.  My phone number is (206( 782-1836.
>>  
>> Thanks much,
>>  
>>  
>> Susan Helf
>> Urban Crop Circles mailman list adminstrator
>> 
>> -- 
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