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