[Fwd: [AV Media Matters] List News - Seasons Greetings]

["Mary A. Larson, University of Nevada" <malarson@unr.edu>]

Jim -
And thanks for all your work at successfully guiding the list through
another year! Happy holidays!
Cheers -
Mary Larson
University of Nevada Oral History Program

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Subject: [AV Media Matters] List News - Seasons Greetings
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:42:18 +0000
From: James Lindner <jim@media-matters.net>
To: AV-Media-Matters@topica.com

Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year! It has been quite a year for this
list, and I hope that all of you enjoy the benefits of our collective
expertise - I know that I do. There are now 865 members of this list - a

very large size for a specialized list of this type. I am
particularly impressed with the quality of the information that I
receive on this list. I am always learning, and there is a very high
quality component of this list - and a lower quantity. Frankly as a
person who gets over 100 emails a day on average, I really
appreciate the low volume and high quality of the list.

Many of you have noticed that the emails tend to "bunch" up. There
are several reasons for this. One is that posts of interest seem to
trigger other posts and when the subject has been discussed
adequately the posts tend to stop. So there may be a flurry of posts
in a cople of days (the last couple of days has seen several posts)
and then there may not be any for several days (and sometimes
weeks). The other reason has to do with my moderating the list. I
screen evey single posting so that what the list gets are good posts
and on topic information. I travel a great deal, and sometimes I
cannot easily pick up my email and/or spend the time necessary to
properly "vet" the potential postings. This tends to cause the
postings to bunch up - and when I have the proper access and time
the postings all go through at once. I also take vacations now and
then, and try to put my email away during those times. I realize
that this is not optimal - but the alternative is to allow ALL
postings to go through. So apologies for the delays, but I hope you
agree that the high quality of the postings on the list and low
traffic are worth the wait.

I would like to encourage broader participation. There is great
diversity on this list, and room for different opinions and
perspectives. Please don't be intimidated - participate!

So thank you for making moderating this list a real pleasure! Best
Holiday wishes!

jim

James Lindner

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