[Strawbale] Where to take SB OT discussions (was Re: [ADMIN] Stop discussion of Global warming)

[Rob Tom]

On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:55:33 -0500, Chris Green <pojeros at telus.net> wrote:

> Alan Mason wrote:
>> Is the administrator willing to do us the courtesy of creating a  
>> Strawbale OT (off-topic) list for those of us who don't want to color  
>> inside the lines?
>>
> A large part of the original intention behind the creation of
> Strawbale's sister list, SB-r-us at Yahoo Groups, was to provide a place
> where the more free wheeling discussions could indeed be carried on,
> leaving Strawbale at REPP as an On Topic zone.

Whoa! there Nelly.

The membership of the "SB-r-Us" list may be a *little* more tolerant of OT  
threads to a certain point but it's the "SB_Kitchen-sink" list that was  
created as a place where OT discussions
could take place.

 From the group description heading at  
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB_Kitchen-sink/

	"Off-topic discussions that begin on one of the SB Lists
          and shows no sign of dying so needs a temporary home until
          it runs out of steam.

	No holds barred, but suggest that some level of civility be
	maintained and everyone shake hands and kiss and make up at the end."

In the past on the SB-r-us list it has been suggested that once an OT  
thread reaches 6 postings on the subject, that participants in the thread  
have the courtesy to self-regulate themselves and say "Okay, let's take  
this to the SB_Kitchen-sink List and continue our discussion there".

Unless Marcus Hardwick has abdicated while I wasn't looking, he's the  
ListMomma  (or List plumber, depending upon your PoV.)

As Marcus once remarked, it's an underutilised resource and I think that  
it'd be interesting to see this subject of "Global Warming" hashed out  
there.

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Rob Tom
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