Re: We are what we do... / or don't do...

[janet paterson <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi marla

thank you for your interest

i will spend my 2.5 minutes working on raising parkinson's awareness
and sharing information with present and future listmembers.

my favourite list-song?
de-de-lete, de-delete, de-delete-lete-lete!

janet


At 01:31 2001/07/14 -0700, Marla Gillham wrote:
>Thank you Paul, Camilla, and Katie, for continuing the discussion of
>inappropriate postings to the list.  When I signed on today there were 58
>new messages, of which about 50 were PD related.  About 40 were from this
>list, and of those 16 were from Janet, or somewhere between 30-40%.
>
>Janet, methinks thou dost protest too loudly...  There have been many
>rational efforts to request some e-etiquette.  I will not judge you, and
>others who continue to refuse to accommodate the many who accommodate the
>few who dominate the list with emails that would be more appropriately sent
>to a reduced personal list.  But I will ask you to seriously consider why
>you resist making even minor changes.  Is there no value in compromise?  In
>a list of over 2000 members, shouldn't the few respect the many, however
>silent they may be?
>
>To quantify this in energetic terms (something we ecologists are wont to
>do...):  if we assume that 50% of the list favors unlimited personal
>postings and 50% favor reasonable e-etiquette limitations, and then assume
>10 seconds to read and delete each message -- these 16 messages took at
>least 2.5 minutes of my time tonight.  x 1000 = 2500 minutes for 1/2 of the
>list to delete ~ = 42 computer hours.  That's a lot.
>
>For the sake of reasonableness, let's cut that # in half to yield a daily
>average of 21 computer hours spent by members of this list deleting unwanted
>email.  Annualized, this = 7,665 hours = 319 days...  nearly a year of time.
>
>Folks, insofar as energy use is concerned, and consequent global warming,
>this is flat out unconscionable.
>
>For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
>
>THINK about WHAT you DO !   The U.S., with 4% of the global population
>produces 25% of the carbon dioxide emissions.  While not all energy use
>produces CO2, the analogy is an appropriate commentary on our thoughtless,
>rugged-individualist, wasteful attitudes.  Reflecting on the "greater good"
>might yield some insight.
>
>In closing, I urge those who use the list "loosely" to reflect.  If not
>about my 2.5 minutes, how about atmospheric warming...
>
>Hoping to spend my 2.5 minutes posting useful info, in future...
>
>Marla
>
>
>Marla L. Gillham
>PO Box 343
>Yachats, OR   97498-0343
>541.547.4090
>marlagillham@xxxxxxxxxxx

janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky .
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snail mail: 375 Country Street, Apt 301, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 .
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