I would like to add to the thread I started, I do not want to criticise 
anyone and I have not overlooked that the people who help run the list 
are unpaid volunteers with limited time.

Where an initial post is not clear it may be best for the moderator to 
hold it and ask that the post be modified before it is released so that 
the message is clear.   But is is also good practice, when you read a 
post that you do not fully understand, to make a post and ask for more 
information before you trash it just in case there is a perspective that 
you have overlooked.  Flaming may seem fine to the person writing but it 
does not make good reading and a flame on weak foundation then has to be 
defended ...

I guess my concern is that the list is dominated by a small number of 
subscribers.  They make posts, others do not.  Some of the posts are 
sometimes not quite as polite as they could be.  But there are people 
from all over the planet subscribing to the list, many from non English 
speaking countries and all have experience and observations that would 
be wonderful to share.   I wonder how to get these people involved and 
sharing their view and asking questions.  They do read what is posted 
and what happens to people who make less clear posts though.

I do not make many posts which makes it curious that the latest 
statistics show that I am in the top ten.  On the occasions where I have 
started a thread asking for information I have noticed that I may get 
limited response on the list but I do receive great responses off list.  
I do wonder why that should be.







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