On 21 April 2012 21:19, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:

I am very concerned that postings to this list appear to be specific to the business of WMUK, a charity registered in England and Wales. The set of members of this email list and the set of members of the charity are distinct. I am a member of both.

Regards,

Gordo

I think Fae actually raised this point before as well - and I might agree to a point....

The Chapter and the UK community are distinct, certainly. And this list does get a lot of use for Chapter business - less so for general community issues.

What is the solution; to split the list?

It would be interesting to see the answer to several questions:

* How many members of this list are not members of the Chapter.

* How many *active* members of this list are not members of the Chapter.

* What is the percentage of Chapter/Non-Chapter posts.

I worry that any split of mailing lists will simply leave one of them (the community one) utterly inactive...

The line at which the chapter ends and the community begins is very blurred - largely by virtue of the fact that the most active community members are also active chapter members.

Tom