--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:31:42 -0700 (PDT) From: LaVonne Jacobsen <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Save Time on Maps-L? Sender: LaVonne Jacobsen <[log in to unmask]> I think this is a thoughtful and practical suggestion - similar to the management of needs and offers on Govdoc-L. You have enough to do as moderator, however. I think most people would do their best to comply and we might need an occasional reminder; it's ok if some slip through. That's life. -LaVonne On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Johnnie Sutherland wrote: > Maps-L Friends: > > Your Moderator would like to ask the group what they think about > the following request from a member of our group. It has to do with > jog announcements. Below is the text of the request. > > -------message---------- > Hello - > Could you, as moderator, send out a message on maps-l asking folks to > please, please put the 2-letter state abbreviation at the beginning of the > subject for job announcements? Example: NY Job Open: Map Cataloger > Many of us only want to see the ones for our region, and it would be > very helpful to be able to see from the subject where the job is. > Also, if they would use the much shorter "Job Open" instead of "Job > Announcement", you could see what kind of job it is - another way > to know whether or not you really need to see that particular email. > Many thanks from just another overworked librarian > -------end message--------- > > I would like feedback from the group. What would you all like? > At present I forward to the list the job notices without changes. I > could ask people to format the subject line, but I would think there > would always be a certain percentage of the messages that would never > be formated correctly. The quickest way for the information to flow > would be for me, the Moderator, to do a quick re-write of the subject > line where it was needed. Do you as a group want the subject line > for job notices to have a standard format? Do you as a group want me > to do that type of re-write? > > Johnnie Sutherland > Moderator, Maps-L > > --- End Forwarded Message --- > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + LaVonne Jacobsen [log in to unmask] + + Soc Sci/Docs/Maps Librarian (415)338-7053 + + San Francisco State University Library + + 1630 Holloway Avenue + + San Francisco CA 94132 + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --- End Forwarded Message ---