No list closure for the wrong reasons

[Amanda Geist]

Amanda Geist wrote:
> 
> > I believe there should be a temporary list closure, much like 
there 
> > was for OoP, but a short one, and for only the reason there was 
> > before. At least some of the list elves needed to have finished 
> > reading the book themselves, so that they could read and approve 
> > posts and monitor the list without having the book spoiled for 
them. 
> > I'd give it 48 hours from British release. 

Shaun said

> Yes, and I should say, that to me that type of closure makes 
> complete sense - although I must say, I'm not sure about 48 hours. 
> I might bring my concerns about that up elsewhere. I agree that the 
> elves certainly deserve a chance to read the book without spoilers 
> and that pretty much necessitates some sort of delay, until some 
> can be available to respond.

As I recall, there was discussion on MEG, and that was the time 
period we came up with, within which at least three or four of us 
across various time zones agreed we could have read the book and 
would be available to service the list. It wasn't an arbitrary 
selection. The optimal time may vary this time, based on elf 
availability and time of access to the book after release.

~Amanda