From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri May 31 16:43:20 2002 Received: from woodruff.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@woodruff [137.205.192.58]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4VFhII04035 for <suaaz@mail.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 31 May 2002 16:43:18 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@agave [137.205.192.52]) by woodruff.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g4VFghGH002753; Fri, 31 May 2002 16:42:43 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (daemon@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g4VFc8QR020184 for <britdisc-outgoing@agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 31 May 2002 16:38:08 +0100 (BST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0/Submit) id g4VFc8Ph020183 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 2002 16:38:08 +0100 (BST) Received: from pootle.near.me.uk (pootle.near.me.uk [212.250.92.156]) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g4VFc7QR020178 for <britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 31 May 2002 16:38:07 +0100 (BST) Received: (from bdforward2@localhost) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4VEaJt32153 for britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:36:19 +0100 Received: from pootle.near.me.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4VEU4T32124; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:30:04 +0100 Received: from cmailg7.svr.pol.co.uk (cmailg7.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.195.177]) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4VETBT32101 for <britdisc@near.me.uk>; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:29:11 +0100 Received: from modem-3345.python.dialup.pol.co.uk ([217.134.221.17] helo=default.discology.co.uk) by cmailg7.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17DoMi-0004in-00 for britdisc@near.me.uk; Fri, 31 May 2002 16:30:57 +0100 Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20020531162103.02ebeec0@pop.freeserve.net> X-Sender: discology.fsnet.co.uk@pop.freeserve.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 To: britdisc@near.me.uk From: Richard Sampson <richard@pootle.near.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <200205311622.AA44696540@mail.ravilious.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [BD] Re: [student-ultimate] Cross posting to Britdisc and Student-ultimate X-BeenThere: britdisc@near.me.uk X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 List-Help: <mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:britdisc@near.me.uk> List-Subscribe: <http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc>, <mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=subscribe> List-Id: Information about UK disc sports <britdisc.near.me.uk> List-Unsubscribe: <http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc>, <mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/private/britdisc/> Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 16:28:06 +0100 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Ben, Never draw the line. ;) Everyone gets old, it's just disc golfers look forward to it more than most! I'm hoping my disc golf will peak in about 20 years, how about your Ultimate? Just look at Del Robins, Charlie Mead and Sam Neilsen - still kicking ass at 60+. Senegal for the World Cup. Richard At 16:22 31/05/02 +0100, you wrote: >Are you suggesting that its acceptable to cross-post to Student Ultimate, >Britdisc, Junior list, Womens list, team lists, etc? > >Where do we draw the line? > >The Student Ultimate list was set up to take student-only content not to >take students off Britdisc. > >It depends on the overlap which at present is very high. Like I said, I >think we need to reconsider the purpose of the groups and publish some >posting guidelines. > >Anyway Richard, how many Student Ultimate players want to hear about an >old man's sport like Disc Golf? These folks still have their knee >ligaments! ;-) > >Ben > > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: Richard Sampson <richard@discology.co.uk> >Reply-To: student-ultimate@yahoogroups.com >Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 15:08:45 +0100 > > >Ben, > > > >Are you suggesting that if there is email information that is relevant to > >Britdisc and the Student-ultimate egroup then the student egroup should not > >be emailed? > > > >Richard > > > > > >At 12:19 31/05/02 +0100, Ben Ravilious wrote: > >>I disagree - it defeats the point of having two separate lists. > >> > >>We do need to define the purpose of the two lists more clearly however. > >> > >>Ben > >> > >> > >> > "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 > >> > > >> > *Disc Sports Weekend > >> > 8-9 June, Aylesbury, Bucks > >> > Disc Golf + pick up DDC, Ultimate and Goaltimate > >> > www.discgolf.co.uk/greenparkopen > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > >> > <<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > >><<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Ya > hoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc