List manager getting involved [RE-wrenches]

[Michael Welch]

If you feel the need to respond to this, please do so off-list. 

I received many more comments this time around to my request. Thanks for those.

It turned out that the opinions on starting a new list for CA-specific concerns did not give me a path to a clear decision. So at that point, I decided that it was pretty much up to me to make the decision. Because the CA CEC traffic had been so heavy, I was about to push the Send button on a message that split the list.

But I got distracted for a few days. And in the meantime, the traffic on that subject disappeared. 

So here's the deal. If there is little traffic on state-specific topics, then we can put up with it on the Wrench list. But if it ever gets even close to the point that it did during that last go-around, I intend to split the list.

It would be cool if all the marketing stuff moved over to the RE-Markets list. State specific incentives are mostly marketing concerns, so that list is much closer to appropriate for that subject matter.

At least for now, the NABCEP discussions are appropriate for this list.

But in all cases, please let's keep chit-chat and off-topic stuff away from this list. 

Michael Welch wrote at 03:36 PM 01/13/2003:
  
>Hello Wrenches. Please respond to me off list.
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>1) In November I sent out an email that, among other things, asked about the need for a new, California specific list. I only heard from 5 people, and here is the nutshell:
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>a) separate list, or maybe OK for RE-Markets -- but leave CA installation posts on list (from a non-CA wrench)
>b) for separate, but afraid it would splinter the group (non-CA wrench)
>c) separate list (non-CA wrench)
>d) no separate list -- separate would be a mistake because cross-pollination is good, would rather see separate lists for on and off grid (CA wrench)
>e) no separate list (CA wrench)
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>Well, at the time I left the issues of separate lists for CA-specific and NABCEP topics alone, because I thought they would die or at least slow down. But the California stuff has not. Please let me hear (off list) from those that have not yet given me an opinion on a separate list. If I were to decide by myself, I would start the new list and restrict the topic on this list, because I heavily sympathize with you out-of-state comrades. In fact, the new Calif-Wrenches list is set up and ready to go -- just in case...
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>2) Please try harder to keep things on the Wrenches list more on-topic, and also without the chit-chat.
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>3) My email at Home Power has been messed up for about a week, and I missed a lot of Wrench messages. I have changed my address on the Wrenches list to one that does not go through the Home Power servers. I apologize if I missed anything that I should have dealt with during the time, but if there is something moderator-specific you would like to point out to me, please let me know off-list.
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