Charlie Robertson and I had a conversation Friday in Denver about this very thing. If you ping a "who" on the list, you'd find there are hundreds of callers on the list. Out of those masses who get the emails, maybe 20 respond. I used to, but I'm of the same mind frame. I've unsubscribed a few times, myself.
Yes, doesn't it seem that the most vocal are the illiterate and uninformed? I've been on the list for at least 11 years, and SOMETIMES there is good content and interaction. Clark Baker is surely the exception, but that must be that he's a glutton for ANY writen word about social dance. A number of dancers/callers we both know have been on and off the lists. Stewart Kramer used to be on a lot as the "Square Dance Guru" giving advice and commentary in a wonderfully light and thoughtful way.
Mostly I "delete, delete, delete".
Maybe it's time to go to something like an LJ for square dance callers, in that we can at least see a picture of someone or know a little bit of what they're like, unlike the blank-slate listserv method that's been around for years.
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Date: 2005-09-19 09:49 pm (UTC)Yes, doesn't it seem that the most vocal are the illiterate and uninformed? I've been on the list for at least 11 years, and SOMETIMES there is good content and interaction. Clark Baker is surely the exception, but that must be that he's a glutton for ANY writen word about social dance. A number of dancers/callers we both know have been on and off the lists. Stewart Kramer used to be on a lot as the "Square Dance Guru" giving advice and commentary in a wonderfully light and thoughtful way.
Mostly I "delete, delete, delete".
Maybe it's time to go to something like an LJ for square dance callers, in that we can at least see a picture of someone or know a little bit of what they're like, unlike the blank-slate listserv method that's been around for years.