28 Mar
2011
28 Mar
'11
1:49 p.m.
Applause for this topic and these suggestions. It seems to me that taking care and
spending a few extra seconds when replying to messages requires some of the skills that
make a good caller: consideration for your audience, attention to detail, careful and
deliberate choices. By the same token, an occasional lapse is always forgiven graciously
since we all make mistakes.
Bree Kalb
-----Original Message-----
From: Chrissy Fowler <ktaadn_me(a)hotmail.com>
Thanks Bill for bringing up this reminder of listserv courtesy!
Bree Kalb, LCSW
301 W. Weaver St.
Carrboro, NC 27510
919-932-6262 ext 216
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28 Mar
28 Mar
11:13 p.m.
List moderator Chris here:
Bree has the right of it. If you look through the archives, you'll see
that this is not the first time we've discussed this.
If you are on the digest or not, please edit the header and remove
irrelevant messages as a kindness to the others on the list. If you are
on the digest, it's also a kindness to yourself when you receive your
next digest containing your message.
JoLaine: I'm going to publicly respond to your comments here because I
think that there might be others here who have the same questions, but
haven't expressed them. There is another group called
"trad-dance-callers" which is on Yahoo groups. If you aren't part of
that list, you should check it out and see if it is to your liking. When
Seth and I started this list, we wanted to have a list that did not have
advertising or a corporation collecting our information. All data for
the list is stored on Seth's private server and we do not share that
information with anyone. We sacrificed some functionality because of
that, but are happy with the way things are. We decided to make the
archives publicly available since we feel that the valuable information
(the shared wisdom of our participants) not be confined to just the
people who subscribe. When I view list posts, I do not see the header
info when I view them in Thunderbird. I do see the footer info that the
list server adds. Maybe Gmail doesn't filter them the same way or we all
need to be a little better about editing our replies. We hope that
everyone enjoys the list as it is and we do welcome your comments and
feedback. Please feel free to make suggestions on how to improve our
services.
One of the things that I have been considering for a while is building a
resources page for the website. If you would like to see something like
that happen, please send me your documents, websites, useful books
(title and author) and other resources and I'll see what I can put
together. If you're interested in helping to compile the information
into a webpage, let me know, too. Feel free to include resources for
callers, organizers and musicians.
Please send them directly to me at chris(a)sharedweight.net. Use the
subject line: "SharedWeight resources".
Thank you all for your participation. You are the ones who make this a
wonderful forum that is welcoming, informative and interesting. We are
so pleased with how this list has turned out.
Happy dancing and calling,
Chris Weiler
Goffstown, NH
On 3/28/2011 1:49 PM, Bree Kalb wrote:
Applause for this topic and these suggestions. It
seems to me that taking care and spending a few extra seconds when replying to messages
requires some of the skills that make a good caller: consideration for your audience,
attention to detail, careful and deliberate choices. By the same token, an occasional
lapse is always forgiven graciously since we all make mistakes.
Bree Kalb
29 Mar
29 Mar
12:48 p.m.
Chris,
Kudos to you for your idea to create a resources page. I am sure many
people would benefit from your shared knowledge.
I learn from this list serve almost every day. Keep up the great work.
Ron Nelson
Chula vista, CA
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:13:11 -0400
From: chris(a)sharedweight.net
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] List serve etiquette and calling skills
List moderator Chris here:
Bree has the right of it. If you look through the archives, you'll see
that this is not the first time we've discussed this.
If you are on the digest or not, please edit the header and remove
irrelevant messages as a kindness to the others on the list. If you are
on the digest, it's also a kindness to yourself when you receive your
next digest containing your message.
JoLaine: I'm going to publicly respond to your comments here because I
think that there might be others here who have the same questions, but
haven't expressed them. There is another group called
"trad-dance-callers" which is on Yahoo groups. If you aren't part of
that list, you should check it out and see if it is to your liking. When
Seth and I started this list, we wanted to have a list that did not have
advertising or a corporation collecting our information. All data for
the list is stored on Seth's private server and we do not share that
information with anyone. We sacrificed some functionality because of
that, but are happy with the way things are. We decided to make the
archives publicly available since we feel that the valuable information
(the shared wisdom of our participants) not be confined to just the
people who subscribe. When I view list posts, I do not see the header
info when I view them in Thunderbird. I do see the footer info that the
list server adds. Maybe Gmail doesn't filter them the same way or we all
need to be a little better about editing our replies. We hope that
everyone enjoys the list as it is and we do welcome your comments and
feedback. Please feel free to make suggestions on how to improve our
services.
One of the things that I have been considering for a while is building a
resources page for the website. If you would like to see something like
that happen, please send me your documents, websites, useful books
(title and author) and other resources and I'll see what I can put
together. If you're interested in helping to compile the information
into a webpage, let me know, too. Feel free to include resources for
callers, organizers and musicians.
Please send them directly to me at chris(a)sharedweight.net. Use the
subject line: "SharedWeight resources".
Thank you all for your participation. You are the ones who make this a
wonderful forum that is welcoming, informative and interesting. We are
so pleased with how this list has turned out.
Happy dancing and calling,
Chris Weiler
Goffstown, NH
On 3/28/2011 1:49 PM, Bree Kalb wrote:
Applause for this topic and these suggestions. It
seems to me that taking care and spending a few extra seconds when replying to messages
requires some of the skills that make a good caller: consideration for your audience,
attention to detail, careful and deliberate choices. By the same token, an occasional
lapse is always forgiven graciously since we all make mistakes.
Bree Kalb
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Callers(a)sharedweight.net
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2:38 p.m.
It's also helpful to delete or omit clutter at the bottom of a message when posting,
if possible, or an abreviated signature line. When replying to a digest or a long string
of emails, I like to <snip> the unrelated part of the message for others reading
pleasure, when appropriate.
Laurie
--- On Mon, 3/28/11, Bree Kalb <bree(a)mindspring.com> wrote:
From: Bree Kalb <bree(a)mindspring.com>
Subject: [Callers] List serve etiquette and calling skills
To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 1:49 PM
Applause for this topic and these
suggestions. It seems to me that taking care and spending a
few extra seconds when replying to messages requires some of
the skills that make a good caller: consideration for your
audience, attention to detail, careful and deliberate
choices. By the same token, an occasional lapse is always
forgiven graciously since we all make mistakes.
Bree Kalb
-----Original Message-----
Bree Kalb, LCSW
301 W. Weaver St.
Carrboro, NC 27510
919-932-6262 ext 216
Regarding the Use of Email -- Please Note: Although I use a
firewall and my
computer is password protected, my emails are not
encrypted. Therefore, I
cannot guarantee confidentiality of email communication. If
you choose to
communicate confidential information with me via email, I
will assume that
you have made an informed decision and I will view it as
your agreement to
take the risk that email may be intercepted. Please be
aware that email is
never an appropriate vehicle for emergency
communication. If you are canceling an appointment
less than 48 hours in advance, please also leave me a voice
mail message at my office.
_______________________________________________
Callers mailing list
Callers(a)sharedweight.net
http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
From: Chrissy Fowler <ktaadn_me(a)hotmail.com>
Thanks Bill for bringing up this reminder of listserv
courtesy!
5:57 p.m.
AMEN!
We're having a discussion over on the ECD list about hand holds (right hands
across, as opposed to contra allemandes) and one of the posts summed up what
we were after thusly: shared weight.
Aren't you just so smart?
M
E
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Ron Nelson <callerman(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
I learn from this list serve almost every day. Keep up the great work.
Ron Nelson
Chula vista, CA
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