[sustran] more sustran-discuss administrative matters

SUSTRAN Network Secretariat sustran at po.jaring.my
Sat Feb 26 16:12:36 JST 2000


Hi there sustran-discussers

A few small admin matters. 
1.  Please do not to include too much of previous messages in your
responses.  It is best to cut out everything except the section that you
are directly replying to. 

2.  Again, please turn off your HTML and do not send attachments to the list. 

3.  When appropriate, please reply only to a specific person (and not the
list). An example is messages such as "Please send me the document you
offered on the list."  If the list gets busy then such messages will become
annoying.

4.  A reminder:  the topic of the list is "people-centred, equitable and
sustainable transport with a focus on developing countries."  But we are
not too strict on that. News and debate about issues in the "North" is also
welcome (within reason) especially if it has special relevance to the
lower-income countries in the global "South". 

5.  VOLUNTEERS WANTED
I am looking for one or two volunteers to be backup list managers. If you
would be willing to help then please contact me. It would be helpful but
not essential to be familiar with discussion lists. Mostly it will be very
little work.

6.  Feeling overwhelmed by too many emails?  If so then please consider the
digest option in which several messages from the list get bundled together.
 Instructions for switching to digest are in the introductory message. Or
ask me.
 

Sorry to bother you all with these boring administrative matters but they
are important to keep things running smoothly. As the list gets busier it
becomes more important to follow netiquette a little more closely.


Paul
list-owner
The SUSTRAN Network

PS.  the [sustran] in the header is supposed to be added automatically by
the majordomo software that runs the list.  But for some reason this is not
working perfectly at the moment and some messages are coming through
without the [sustran] tag. Apologies to those for whom this is
inconvenient. I will try to get it fixed by the JCA technical people. 

PPS.  I was away for a few days last week. While away I received a very
large attachment which put my mailbox over quota. Sorry if anyone's emails
to me bounced yesterday.




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