While it's true that the list is more for current information, each archived
posting has a date on it so it's very clear when it applies to. If I've
decided to holiday somewhere I have no problem wading though a few dozen
postings about the area to see which ones are general and which ones are date
specific.
Peter Shute
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Dodd
Sent: Wed 1/08/2007 3:36 PM
To: Peter Shute
Cc: 'Birding-aus'
Subject: resource for overseas and beginning birders
Hi Peter,
You're right in that the list is one possible resource (and you're also
right that most people when replying to an RFI seem to reply off-list). I
suspect that part of the reason is that people ask at different times of
year - also if someone was to ask for information on the Mildura area now, I
would reply to them with slightly different information than was given to me
- for instance I would suggest the Mournpall Track in Hattah-Kulkyne NP
rather than the Nowingi Track. Hence there's a dynamic component to posting
requests and information to the list which wouldn't be present in the
archives.
I think that the design of any mailing list is more for current information
or for participating in conversations more than for archival of knowledge,
but to be sure there's an element of that too (otherwise why do we keep
archives of the mailing list?)
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