Re: Request regarding Subject Lines - CHAT

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Dayna - thank you for your comments - very nicely put. May I say in

addition to your thoughts that it occurred to me earlier we have the

option of receiving e-mails with yahoo versus personal e-mail access

and we have the option of reading the posts on the actual yahoo

groups site. I know for myself I read all the posts at the yahoo

site so that I can see all the subject lines in a more organized

fashion and they are easier for me to browse the subjects in a more

timely manner. Having two small children certainly keeps me busy

and time is definately important to me as it is to others! LOL

Just a helpful thought for those that might prefer to try some other

means of accessing the listserve and one that might be be quicker.

I usually spend at least 2 hours a day here - even if I don't

respond (because sometimes I do not have the knowledge to respond)

and time is my number one nemesis in life! LOL

- H

>

> I am very torn about how to approach this subject. As Pat said,

due to poor

> subject headers, going thru the archives is a nightmare. SO TRUE!

As Jodi

> said, this list is not moderated by MAGIC and so folks shouldn't

complain to

> Katy. Maybe not, maybe they should contact Ken, if they know who

he is.

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> This is where I get just a little concerned. I think that there

is not one

> person on this listserve that would want a new member to miss out

on all

> there is available to offer and receive thru this amazing group.

We all

> know it feels to find this group for the first time and have that

feeling of

> friendship in a VERY short period of time with people you've never

even

> met!! Whether or not the group is moderated by MAGIC or has

ANYTHING to do

> with MAGIC per say, (and I don't think it should!), this listserve

is a

> TERRIFIC resource for RSS families. Many of those families are

directed her

> by MAGIC because it is SO HELPFUL to new families!! I think it

would be a

> shame for a new family to miss out on becoming part of our family

because

> they don't see any information they think might be helpful due to

poor

> subject heading. The value of the chatting and the day to day is

ENORMOUS.

> But, you don't know that the first visit! It seems like such a

small

> concession to " work on " subject headers compared to the value of

reaching

> and helping as many families as possible. We all have delete

buttons, but

> sometimes in a digest, it can be completely filled with chat, but

the

> subjects indicate something different. For the newcomer this

might seem as

> though that is all we do (many groups do just that). The value of

the

> chatting is learned after the initial phase most of the time,

especially if

> someone is shy.

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> I encourage everyone to try to do better on subject headings not

because I

> am now affiliated with MAGIC but as a parent of a child with RSS.

Without

> MAGIC Alyssa would not be as healthy as she is today. But,

without this

> listserve.. . . neither would I. I want that for every family of

a child

> with RSS. This is too great of a group for people to miss out on.

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>

> Done. :-)

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> Dayna

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