<html> <body> So, Wim - As per my question addressed to Billy Ballard last week as to whether he thought this current list arrangement was the best we might hope for, your vote would be...YES?  The problem that has brought this issue to the fore is not the occasional OT post.  It has been the tendency for some of these topics, and subscribers, to overwhelm the "room", forcing some participants to walk out.  To be fair, some of the "noise" is not ascribable to OT, but to overposting by individuals (comparable to how loud they might be in your room) , or the nature of such posts (what they have to say). David Skolnik, RPT At 09:56 AM 3/26/2003 -0500, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>In a message dated 3/26/03 8:40:56 AM Central Standard Time, davidskolnik@optonline.net writes: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I wonder how closely the above  list conforms to the way others might have categorized these subjects? Presenting this data is in NO WAY meant to suggest judgement as to the merit of these posts.  Over the next few weeks, and even looking back at previous weeks/months, it would be interesting to see how clearly (or not) the lines defining technical relevance can be drawn.   If there appears to be some consensus, then a OT list, paralleling PIANOTECH,  as I described last week, might be a very viable option, yet, even on such a list, I suspect there would still be the need to establish protocols, to prevent it from deteriorating into chaos, or being usurped by the more articulate or prolific subscribers. David Skolnik  RPT</blockquote> For what it is worth, I look at this list as if we were all sitting in a room, discussing piano tuning and technology. But because we are also human, and all of us have outside interests, other topics might surface from time to time. As you found with your tally, the list is mostly about piano related topics. If an OT comes across once in a while, I don't see any harm in it. It is up to the individual to decide to participate in that topic. The delete button works wonders. Wim </blockquote></body> </html>