ADMIN: New Poll Regarding Elfing System

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 56813

Greetings from Hexquarters!

The List Administrators are considering making some changes to 
our "elfing" system, that is, how we assign list elves to new 
members, and we'd like to hear your opinions. 

Currently, each new member receives a welcome message from one of 
our list elves. The welcome message usually contains a link to our 
administrative guidelines and a brief description of how the group 
works. The new member may contact their list elf whenever they have 
a question or need guidance. This approach ensures that each new 
member receives a personal list elf and that no members are 
overlooked.

We are considering doing things a bit differently. We are trying to 
decide whether new members might prefer to receive a brief welcome 
message with the names and e-mails of all of the elves. New members 
who would like to correspond with an elf could pick the elf they 
think could be most helpful to them and send their question 
directly to that elf. Members would therefore be able to correspond 
with the elf who is most knowlegeable about the member's question or 
any elf with whom they have become familiar.

And that's where you all come in.

We'd like to know what our members think about changing the elfing 
system, so we are creating a poll. The poll is for advisory purposes 
only; there are other administrative issues that will influence our 
decision, of course. You can only vote once in the poll, although 
you can change your vote at any time before the poll closes. The 
poll will not display names or results for now.

Finally, we would like to hear *any* thoughts, ideas, comments or 
suggestions you may have about any issues or policies related to the 
elfing system. For example, tell us things like whether you received 
an elf when you joined, whether you contacted your elf with 
questions, whether the elfing system was helpful for you and so 
forth.  

Please send your remarks to:

Mods_Elves_Geists at yahoogroups.com

We will most definitely read and consider your messages, although we 
won't be able to guarantee you a reply or acknowledgement.

So please. Tell us what you think!

Cindy, for List Administration