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

[Linda Evans]

I agree with this idea.  As long as everyone can keep
it all straight.

Linda
--- Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
> >
>
__________________________________________________________________
> > Dr. Paul Patton
> > Research Scientist
> > Beckman Institute  Rm 3027  405 N. Mathews St.
> > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
> Urbana,
> > Illinois 61801
> > work phone: (217)-265-0795   fax: (217)-244-5180
> > home phone: (217)-328-4064
> > homepage:
> > http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ppatton/index.html
> > 
> > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the
> > mysterious.  It is the
> > source of all true art and science."
> > -Albert Einstein
> >
>
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