Kyle, et al,

I used to subscribe to another list on hydrocephalus that tried to keep
members "on the subject," and many members were lost because of that.
OTOH, the list managers were afraid they would lose more new members if
it didn't stay on topic.  A lot of new subscribers to that list were
(and probably still are) parents who have just had a baby diagnosed with
hydro, so a discussion on disability culture might be more than they are
ready to deal with - still being in Kubler-Ross' grief stages.
Kendall Corbett


-----Original Message-----
From: Cleveland, Kyle E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:32 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: No Subject

I agree.  The list would become monolithic if we were to stick strictly
to
CP issues and folks would only correspond on an "as needed" basis.  All
sense of community would disappear.  I don't recall any instances of a
disability thread being squelched here.  Sometimes we want to talk about
our
common disability, sometimes we just want to chat about the weather.

On the other hand, I can understand a "newbie's" confusion when they
expect
this to be a "CP forum" and find that we discuss dogs as much as CP.
Tough
call.

-Kyle


-----Original Message-----
From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: No Subject


 you might lose more than you gain.

-----Original Message-----
From: BG Greer, PhD
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 1/7/2003 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: No Subject

In a message dated 1/7/03 12:14:59 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>You might want to warn them we can get a bit giddy here!
>
>Kat

I second that, Kat. To be honest, the discussion of campus accessibility
was
an exception to our usual social chit chat. I don't want to stir up a
mess,
but we could attract and hold more folks if we stuck to disability
related
topics, but that involves censorship and we have agreed not to go that
way.

Bobby