Hail, fellow listers,
Please refrain from sending one- or two-line responses, witty comebacks, or "me too" messages to the list. It has always been a Vocalist policy to limit unnecessary bandwidth and particularly short messages/replies, especially for those listers who pay for their bandwidth. Also, please be courteous about taking back-and-forth debates involving only two people into private email.
Also, I might propose that, instead of sending ten or twelve short responses immediately after reading, you perhaps think about combining your thoughts into one or two messages a day. Many lists have an enforced two-post-a-day policy, but I don't think we need to be that formal about it. One of the great things about this list is the back-and-forth discussions about technique and other vocal issues, but seeing one person's name in the list of messages more than ten times a day (and there are several offenders in this arena, myself occasionally included) is a bit much.
This is especially important in terms of the bandwidth issue, since egroups attaches their rather sizeable image file with each individual message sent to the list.
Okay, enough of that. I'm leaving for a five-week trip out of the country in one week, on the 12th. Peggy has generously volunteered to co-moderate the list, a committment which involves simply being on standby in case listers have trouble unsubscribing or subscribing. If anyone could volunteer to help her out while I'm gone, that would be great.
Them's me thoughts. Thanks for being here.
Isabelle B.
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