ADMIN RE: [HPforGrownups] New polls for HPforGrownups

[Tandy, Heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 26361

> In a message dated 9/20/01 3:52:28 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu writes:
> 
> 
> > WHY should something be dead just because it's on OT-Chatter? 
> > WHY should people not reply over there? Why should moving 
> it to another list
> > make it impossible for people to post replies on that list? 
> It's not like
> > it's hard to find, given that Penny put the URL right into 
> the message
> > moving the thread. 
> > 
> > I admit to being completely confused.
> > 
> > 
> 
> It is dead to anyone, like myself, who chooses not to belong 
> to Chatter.  I 
> don't even read all the messages from this group and don't 
> want to fill my 
> mailbox with a bunch of OT stuff.  But I was enjoying the 
> speculation on the 
> Derby thread.  Just my luck.

Then why not join the OT list and read the posts on webview? I don't want to
sound argumentative, but have you even looked at OT-Chatter? It's not just
rambles - it's..."roll calls" (and always has been) and merchandise and
birthdays (canon and fandom - we celebrated Hermione yesterday!) and fanfic
and Nostradamus and food (lots of food!) and a cool online encyclopedia
called Wikepedia and The Sims and the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham
Palace and Yael's post about her cousin who is still missing from last
week's attack and Vanity Fair and the movie and previews and The Leaky
Cauldron and FictionAlley.org and the fact that James Potter's name is in
the credits from the Muppet Movie. 

I know that the mods are trying VERY VERY hard to keep as many people happy
as possible at the same time. And part of this inlcudes taking *certain*
things and bringing them to OT Chatter. Now, the ADMINs never said that the
individual questions couldn't be discussed onlist. They just pointed out
that contests and roll calls are to be on OT Chatter. it's nothing new -
it's been that way since the chatter-list started back in February.

Let me ask another question - is the name OT-CHATTER offputting? Do listies
think that it's a rambly, completely non-HP-related thing over there? If you
WON'T join, or even look at it, WHY NOT?