North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Peter Chrisbacher <pxbacher@gmail.com>]

I like the list.

That said, as Ginda notes, there's been low activity for the past 6 months
or longer, and some months I don't think I received a single email.  Is
this because of lack of interest in this format?  Is it lack of awareness
of this forum?  Is it both?  Is it something else?

I don't remember how I found out about this group - how would others who
are interested discover it?  While I've seen a few new names here, it seems
like we are losing more participants than we are gaining.

-Pete

Pete Chrisbacher


On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 10:14 AM Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:

> 1)  I thought that NAFEX and Lawrence had some falling out, and went their
> separate ways, but I may be misremembering.
>
> 2)  I manage some other mailing lists, and I'm willing to help manage this
> one.
>
> 3) My opinion is that lists like this work better with enough traffic,
> which is driven by enough members. Recently, traffic has been well below
> the optimal level, so I'm in favor of keeping the list open to anyone who
> isn't harmful. (Obviously, too much traffic can be a problem, but that's
> not where we are.)
> --
> Ginda
> typed with Swype, who knows what I intended.
>
>
> On April 7, 2019 9:57:28 AM EDT, Road's End Farm <
> organic87@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> >I agree that keeping the email list as an email list is preferable.
> >
> >It was my impression that NAFEX didn't want to do so, and that this was
> >why the list wound up being separate from NAFEX. I'm concerned that if
> >we tried to turn the list over to NAFEX now, even if they accepted it,
> >they wouldn't keep it up in the long run.
> >
> >The problem with keeping it up in this fashion, which I think is
> >preferable, is that as Lawrence says it would be better if there were
> >several people sharing or lined up ready to take over whatever's
> >needed; it shouldn't all be on one person. I don't, however, know
> >what's involved in doing that work.
> >
> >
> >
> >-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
> >Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
> >
> >
> >
> >
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