Message-Id: <199709241821.NAA24708@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: CloversImp@AOL.COM Date: Wed Sep 24 13:21:28 1997 Sender: Lojban list From: Karen Stein Subject: Re: Lojban announce list X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1048 X-From-Space-Date: Wed Sep 24 13:21:28 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU In a message dated 97-09-24 12:06:47 EDT, Matthew wrote: << I second And's proposal, and would add the suggestion that it might be an appropriate place to send thread summaries once the more active general list settles on a decision about some point (or agrees to disagree). Discussions such as the current na'e one are difficult to follow even if you have some idea of what's under discussion and have received all the relevant messages (in roughly the right order); they must be incomprehensible to new joiners. A terminating post briefly summarising the point debated, the views put and the conclusions drawn would, I submit, be very useful. >> I heartily agree that both And's proposal and Matthew's addition would be very useful for people uninterested in the nitty-gritty discussions that seem to go on here once in a while. Further, this second list with summary notes about discussions would be a big help for those of us who get lost in a discussion, or who miss a bunch of the messages for one reason or another. co'o. karis.