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To: <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>, student-ultimate@yahoogroups.com
From: Richard Sampson <richard@discology.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [student-ultimate] a little poll...
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"Cross-posters should be strung up. Don't do it!"

Assuming the student egroup and Britdisc don't have exactly the same 
members/subscribers, I feel cross posting does serve a purpose and is 
inevitable.

At the same time, I do agree that on occasions cross posting is unnecessary.

 From my own experience, I occasionally post messages to both groups 
because I would like both communities of subscribers to have the 
opportunity to receive the information. Again, I am assuming the student 
egroup and Britdisc don't have exactly the same members/subscribers.

My email contributions are generally directed to people within the UK who 
share a passion for flying discs and flying disc sports. Naturally I want 
the emails to touch as many UK disc enthusiasts as possible, this is my 
reason for posting messages to both egroups.

I would suggest that if information is relevant to a student egroup and a 
general egroup (Britdisc) then it should be shared across both groups. I 
don't see any reason why those who only subscribe to one egroup should be 
denied the opportunity to receive information if it is relevant to them.

If the members/subscribers to both egroups are exactly the same however, I 
would suggest that is a separate issue.

Email is an unbelievable tool for supporting the disc community, however it 
has it's faults.
Generally speaking, for those who care about knowing what's going on, 
Britdisc and Student Ultimate provide an effective service to their 
respective communities.

Richard

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