--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 15:26:01 -0700 From: Philip Hoehn <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Save Time on Maps-L? Sender: Philip Hoehn <[log in to unmask]> Hi Johnnie, Excellent idea to ask contributors to include two letter abbrev., but I don't think you should have to re-write subject line if someone forgets (you do far more than your fair share of map librarianship's work already). Phil On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:29:48 -0400 Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 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 --- > --- End Forwarded Message ---