An introduction from an extremely shy oldbie

[aurigae_prime]

Hello all. I'm Rhiannon the RavenSlyth. I think I'm probably coming 
here with a pretty unique perspective; I've been a member since 
(IIRC) the spring of 2000 but have only made 10 posts to the main 
list and a couple more (probably less than 5) to OTC.
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--- In HPFGU-Feedback at yahoogroups.com, "Hebby Elf" 
<hebrideanblack at e...> wrote:
> 
> If you could change one thing about HPfGU, what would it be?
>

Rhiannon the RavenSlyth:
Honestly? I actually really like this group of lists. I can't even 
think of a pet peeve, unless I went with Catlady's comment about 
deciding between HPFGU, HPfGU, and HP4GU.  

Hebby Elf again:
> Should there be some formal recognition of good/long-time posters?
> 

Rhiannon the RavenSlyth:
Ah, now here I'm conflicted. Recognition of "good" posters just 
smacks of favouritism-- who's to say what constitutes "good"? On the 
other hand, how would recognition of "long-time" posters be 
interpreted? By membership dates? In that case, I would likely be 
recognised, which sounds quite nice, but hardly fair, as I'm sure 
there are new members who produce both more posts and more in-depth 
posts than I do. Since neither option seems terribly fair to me, I 
think I'll have to go with "no" for now, although if someone proposed 
a great idea, I'd likely change my mind.

Hebby Elf once more:
> If past experience is any guide, we'll be getting a surge of new 
> posters next June when the PoA movie premieres. How should we deal 
> with it? 
> 

Well, if training extra Elves is impractical, as seems to be the 
general consensus, then I would say carry on as we have been. 
However, if such things as different Elves giving moderated posters 
conflicting information are widespread problems, then perhaps a way 
could be found so that certain elves would be responsible for certain 
posters. I think I remember a system like this before; did the list 
get too big for practicality? Alas, I know next to nothing about the 
practicalities of the Elf/Mod/Geist system, and therefore really 
can't make any suggestions except to, if necessary, run the Special 
Announcement about the FAQs, the HBfile, and standard posting 
conventions frequently. Perhaps once a week or every two weeks until 
things die down?


Rhiannon the RavenSlyth, who made a New Years Resolution to post more 
often to her lists, but doesn't seem to have kept it very well. Then 
again, of the posts I've made, the majority have gotten an on-list 
reply. So perhaps I'm doing better than I think I am? ;-)