<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 8, 2008 7:42 AM, Barbara Richmond <<a href="mailto:piano57@insightbb.com">piano57@insightbb.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi Cy, It dosn't bother me--but maybe I don't live a well-ordered life.  Some people whose opinion I respect may be on one list and not the other.  If I feel it's an appropriate subject for both lists, I'll post to both groups in an effort to get the information I want. Just seeking the truth here... Barbara Richmond, RPT (only subscribed to two lists, so it's easy to keep them straight) near Peoria, Illinois <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cy Shuster" <<a href="mailto:cy@shusterpiano.com">cy@shusterpiano.com</a>> To: "College and University Technicians" <<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org"> caut@ptg.org</a>>; "Pianotech" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:17 PM Subject: Crossposting CAUT/Pianotech > Kawai KG-1CThere's been a lot of crossposting recently of topics to both > Pianotech and CAUT.  While there is obviously an overlap, each list has a > separate focus and audience. > > My feeling is that there should be less of this, rather than more; > crossposting dilutes the content of each, and causes confusion in > discussions at times.  If there were 100% overlap, the only difference > would be the subscriber list. > > There are cases when crossposting is useful: with a stolen piano, a notice > about the PTG server, so on.  And certainly if an answer isn't found on > one list, post to the other. > > It just feels vaguely disturbing to see several posts a week crossposted > without an overt need to do so.  By the way, it's just reading the same > posts twice that I wonder about; I have no concerns about any individual > author. > > Comments? > > --Cy-- > ABQ, NM > > P.S. Apologies in advance for doing exactly that, crossposting... > > </div></div></blockquote></div> <div> I agree Barbara, I have both lists posted to the same e-mail and though I may notice in passing which it was from unless what I'm posting is very specific to one or the other I see no problem in posting to both. Piano information is useful to all of us just as my questions can be answered by either group. </div> <div> Mike -- The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a> email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>