At 04:43 PM 9/30/96 EDT, Ian Whitlock wrote: > Karsten Self <kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote a pretty good FAQ about a > year and a half ago. I would suggest that if he still has it he > consider modifying it as follows: > > 1) See Tim's suggestion on significant key words below. > 2) Point to FAQ articles on the www.sas.com web site and/or point > to a SAS-L response where appropriate. > > Then send it to the UGA FILE CONTRIBUTION SERVER and post it to SAS-L > once. As for maintenance I suggest Karsten post a message giving the > two sources once a week and make modifications when needed to the UGA > copy. When enough significant changes have been required then repost > to SAS-L. > > At each SUGI the responsibility could be handed off one of the most > valuable SAS-Lr nominees (not necessarily a winner). The first time > Karsten would choose his sucessor. Then his successor would choose, > etc. If a sucessor can not be found among the nominees, then let it > die. It isn't worth it. > > Ian Whitlock > > >______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Subject: Should We Have a FAQ? >Author: TWB2%Rates%FAR@GO50.COMP.PGE.COM at internet-e-mail >Date: 9/30/96 2:34 PM > > >Should it be posted once a week? Should it cover how to subscribe, how >to unsubscribe, and simple and advanced archive searches? Should it >explain the significance of flame-proof underware (maybe not--we >actually have a fairly civil group)? Should it contain a list of common >keywords in the archive, or a list of significant keywords in the >archive? Should we automate or rotate posting duty? > >Tim Berryhill - Contract Programmer and General Wizard >TWB2@PGE.COM >Frequently at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco >The correlation coefficient between their views and >my postings is slightly less than 0 > > ---------------------------------------- Karsten Self / kmself@ix.netcom.com

What part of gestalt don't you understand?