To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 01:07:47 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] publishing messages, problems with the April Journal
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

On Mon, 12 May 2003 00:03:21 -0400 (EDT) "Keith F. Lynch"
<kfl at KeithLynch.net> writes:
> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:

Is anyone even reading this?
> > I didn't think so.)
>
> Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > Yes.
>
> That's good to know.  However, that's the seventh time I asked the
> question, and the first time any of the currently 29 subscribers
> answered.
>

I always read your 'this list is x months old messages', but I did not
think it important to specifically let you know.  I do appreciate you
posting those messages.

...
> apparently
> nobody particularly cares one way or the other whether messages
> posted
> here can be reprinted in the Journal without explicit permission.
>

I don't care much, but since you have raised the issue, it occurs to me
that it would be a good idea to let the author of a message know in
advance that the message will be reproduced in the Journal, because the
author might want to revise, extend or clarify what was written in the
message.  That would also give the author an opportunity to object to the
message the message being published.

It would seem to be a matter of courtesy to ask the author first, unless
there already exists an understanding with the particular author that
their email list messages may be published in the Journal without asking.
 The WSFA email list is only accessible to members, whereas the Journal
is accessible to anyone via the Web, so it is conceivable that someone
might object to having their message appear in the Journal.  And
apparently the policy about putting messages in the Journal is not widely
known.

I checked the Journal issues for May and April, and saw no email messages
in those issues, so maybe it hardly ever happens anyway.

There are a couple of problems with the April issue, as viewed in
Internet Explorer 6.  A cartoon about money is covering up part of the
Capclave balance sheet, and a cartoon about the nouveau riche seems to be
covering up the end of the paragraph of text above the Virginia vs.
Maryland attendance cross-plot.

Ron Kean

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