[Peace-discuss] proposal for new e-mail list dealing with on-line activism

[Ricky Baldwin]

I think this is a great idea.

What do others think?

Ricky

--- patton paul <ppatton at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> AWARE currently has two e-mail lists, Peace-action,
> and Peace-political,
> that are no longer in use.  I would like to propose
> that we designate one
> of these lists, maybe Peace-action, as the list for
> posts related to
> on-line activism.  This would be the place to send
> posts which request
> that readers call/e-mail/fax their congressperson
> about some peace related
> issue, sign an on-line petition, make a donation, or
> attend a
> demonstration sponsored by a group outside
> Urbana-Champaign.  I envision
> that most of the posts on this list would be
> forwards from nationwide
> organizations like Moveon.org, TrueMajority,
> Voices4Change, PeaceAction,
> etc.  The reason I'm proposing that we use an
> additional list is that, in
> the past, I've often used the Peace list for online
> activism related
> messages.  However, as Ricky recently reminded me,
> the Peace list is
> intended for minutes and announcements of upcoming
> events only.  Given the
> large volume of mail on Peace recently, I concur
> with Ricky's concerns.
> Using another list wouldn't reduce the overall
> volume of e-mail, because
> hopefully almost everyone will subscribe to
> Peace-action, in order keep
> informed about the latest on-line activism actions. 
> Separating on-line
> activism messages onto an additional list would make
> it easier to sort out
> your e-mail though, and readily identify on-line
> activism posts for prompt
> attention.  Using a new list would also be better
> than sending on-line
> activism posts to Peace-discuss.  Peace-discuss gets
> lots of very
> interesting posts of a purely informational nature. 
> Busy people might not
> have time to sort through all these posts to find
> the ones that advocate
> taking specific actions.  Also, Peace-discuss's
> subscriber base is a lot
> smaller than Peace's.  Would most people be willing
> to subscribe to the
> Peace-action list, or would you prefer to have
> online activism messages
> diseminated through Peace or Peace-discuss?  I think
> we should talk about
> this at the next meeting, and I would like to
> request it be put on the
> agenda.  Keep in mind that since the Peace-action
> list already exists,
> very little work is needed to start using it.  It
> just needs to be
> publicized by an announcement on Peace, and the
> website needs to be
> modified to explain the new purpose of Peace-action.
>  I am willing to
> volunteer to do these things as well as monitor the
> new list to make sure
> that posts there are appropriate to its purpose.
>
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> Dr. Paul Patton
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