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  • From: Maria Morehead <spiralmother@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] This list, the subscriber base and traffic.
  • Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 07:18:24 -0700

I do too. I appreciate all of the debates, egos and phenomenal education I
can witness and learn from.

Thank you!
Maria Morehead

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 6:00 AM, Carol Lee Bell <pyrofish333@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Please keep me on the list. I guess I qualify as a lurker but I learn so
> much from this list. I am just a 40 hour a week office mom trying hard to
> transform her property into a minuscule food forest for her family. Its
> like I have 1.7 foot in one world and .3 foot in another. I can't wait
> until it is 0 to 2 but this hamster wheel is too strong when that college
> carrot is dangled on the other side. This list keeps me going when I get
> frustrated. Provides hope. You are doing an amazing thing.
>
> I humbly thank you!
>
> Carol Lee Bell
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Georg Parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at> wrote:
> >
> > > > This conversation isn't fully moderated but people could be encourage
> > as
> > > a matter of spontaneous order to add their geographic location as part
> of
> > > their sig. I don't put my street address, we say "state/province or
> > nation"
> > > is fine, and yes we tolerate the occasional "Planet Earth" for their
> > > geographic location.
> > >
> > > Bob, I like your suggestion.
> >
> >
> > This Mailman list software does not offer adding ocation when you
> > subscribe, only real name and it does not require that.
> > I can add all sorts of membership requirements by hacking the
> subscription
> > process html so that they know when requesting to be added to the list
> > roster.
> > There is no way I can force that because the software only requires valid
> > email id. I gave up long ago trying to enforce subscription requirements
> > that went beyond what the software uses. I just subbed anyone with a
> > reasonable email id who asked to join whether they provided a real name
> or
> > not.. Subscriptions were never automatic as I have to approve every
> > request.
> >
> > I can hack in text somewhere appropriate a request that they email me
> > privately stating their wish to join the list who they are, where they
> are,
> > how they are involved with permaculture and why they want to join the
> list
> > and also that they sent a post to the list subscribers with the same
> > information they sent me or be forthwith unsubbed; resubbed if they
> follow
> > through with list membership requirements. This is really how it should
> be
> > done and is not a lot of extra work for me. It would be worth the
> trouble.
> > Should I set this up and use it asap? Yes? No?
> >
> > Geting this accomplished after the fact would be nearly impossible. I
> could
> > always ask people who are already subscribed to introduce themselves to
> > everyone in the list. Lets at least do that. So, go for it. I could also
> > make that a requirement for continued subscription to the list, i.e. no
> > intro within the span of a week, you get unsubbed forthwith. All this
> > business about anonymous accounts and anonymous postings is not going to
> > happen here. I attempted to discern ID's that might represent accounts
> that
> > were super cryptic for people who were probably only going to lurk and
> > purged a bunch of them. Oh yes, and providing a real name is a big issue
> > with many of those types, just meaningless email id.
> >
> > Shall we do this: ask everyone to post who they are with real name, what
> > their interest in permaculture is and where they live and work (limited
> > information about this part to protect privacy).
> >
> > Maybe we could say that if your privacy is so important to you that you
> can
> > not follow through with this request then you are in the wrong place and
> > should find a different forum. I am sure facebook, twitter and many other
> > social media sites will gladly accomodate them.
> >
> > What changes, if any, shall I make regarding new subscriptions and
> existing
> > ones.
> > --
> > Lawrence F. London
> > lfljvenaura@gmail.com
> > https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared
> > https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116100117925365792988/+Avantgeared/posts
> > https://ello.co/lflondon <https://ello.co/permaculture>
> > https://ello.co/permaculture
> > https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/permaculture
> > permaculture mailing list
> > permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
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> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture
> >
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