Final version of the request for contributions - I hope!

[Phyllis]

Abigail wrote:

>  2. You can also reach the archive group homepage the same way
>  you might go to the HPfGU homepage and post a message from
>  there.  The URL is 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fantastic_Posts/

Er, I'm still confused here.  I thought this was going to be a 
restricted membership list?  Can people access the homepage and post 
a message from there if they are not members?  Or were we going to 
lift the restrictions?

>  Important note: please do *not* forward a message to the archive 
>  group.  A forwarded message will not contain a message number, 
>  and that will make it impossible for us to locate it.

I'm still thinking this might be a good option to give people - it 
seems to me that it would be quite user-friendly to have the option 
of allowing someone to forward a potential FP immediately after they 
have read it.  Perhaps we could specify that they'll need to include 
the message number in their forwarding message so that we'll have it?

I'm also wondering whether we ought to have some sort of system for 
acknowledging e-mails.  Perhaps we could develop some standard 
language (such as: "Thank you for your Fantastic Post nomination.  
The Fantastic Post Owls appreciate your input and will take your 
nomination under serious consideration.") that would be sent to each 
person after their e-mail is received.  If people like this idea, I 
could draw up a schedule where we each take a month (or some other 
period of time) in which we would be responsible for sending 
replies.  Unless there's a way to do this automatically?

~Phyllis
techno-squib