<html> <body> For less that whatever it's worth, here are my unofficial tallies   Technical / Non-technical postings to Pianotech for the week of 3/17/03 to 3/23/03 : Technical = 359 Non-Technical = 73 Those subjects that I separated as "Non-Technical" were as follows: *Number in ( ) indicates multiple responses <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Double Digests???? I really am done with OT stuff.  (  Most especially if YOU are!<x-tab> </x-tab>) Internet Security, and the war. Re: Let's Get Real, was: PTG Needs The Money list Re: Not the "Thumperer" >was What I love about America <x-tab> </x-tab>(4) O.T. and the list's image Opinion re. posts OT Posts -  Cousin Susan Kline especially OT: St. Patrick's Day Quote (from another list) Pianotech Poetry <x-tab>       </x-tab><x-tab>        </x-tab>(5) Reply to Sarah replying via daily digest Re: Shuttle. This one not a hoax.......... Fwd: South Central News subscribe/unsubscribe Thomas A. Sheehan <x-tab>      </x-tab><x-tab>        </x-tab>(6) too much O.T. <x-tab>  </x-tab><x-tab>        </x-tab>(21) Would you miss this list? <x-tab>      </x-tab>(10)</blockquote> 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 Hastings-On-Hudson </body> </html>