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From: "Andrea Vogel" <>
Subject: [HWE] List Members' Reference Materials
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:02:11 -0800

Fellow listers --

First, my best wishes to you all for 2001. I hope it is not only a
contented and prosperous year for you but also a fruitful one in terms of
your research.
Second, I must tell you that, in the last few days, we have finally
achieved the 300 mark in terms of number of subscribers. We had been
hovering around 275 members for quite a long time but new subscribers had
been joining us, a few at a time, over the last couple of months until, just
as the New Year arrived, here we are 300 strong!! Nice to have everyone
here! I hope our numbers continue to grow over the next year and beyond.

Third -- and again -- my apologies for slowness in responding to
messages. I appear to have finished off the year 2000 in very low gear, if
not at a complete standstill <g>. I've just been enjoying not doing much of
anything for a few days, after non-stop activity for most of December.

Finally -- but most importantly -- I'd like to respond to Jan's post of
a few days ago (30 Dec), suggesting that we put together a list of all
resource materials held by subscribers so information in these sources can
more easily shared among our group. Jan, thank you for bringing up this
topic -- I think it's a great project to begin the New Millennium! And
responses from other listers (Kaye, Lesley, Roy) seem to indicate that
others agree.

Some of you might recall that such a pooling of resources was also
proposed by Roy over two months ago (21 Oct) so when I designed the website
format, I kept this idea in mind and made provision for it. It's in the
Beyond the Basics section under the heading Subscribers' Resources &
Look-ups -- yes, it's one of those links that's not-yet functioning so this
is a perfect time to start working on it!

I am willing to put together a central list of all resources held by
subscribers who are willing to look up selected names for others. I thought
that this could be posted on the website (under the Subscribers' Resources &
Look-ups heading) and, as also mentioned by Roy, posted regularly on the
list (say once a month) as a reminder that these resources are available.
My difficulty comes in figuring out the actual mechanics of sharing this
information. For one thing, I think Roy is correct when he says that
requesting/sharing the info is best done on the list. The more we share on
the list, the more we all learn and the more is archived for future
reference by ourselves and by others. I am also concerned that others not
become burdened by requests, particularly those of a "blanket" nature. In
other words, requests for info should be specific and should be made after
some personal research has already been done.

Please, everyone, let's hear your ideas on this topic. How should we
organize this idea? How to set it up so it benefits all and doesn't become
cumbersome/burdensome? I hope you will post your comments so we can come to
some consensus on this.
Also, if you have resources which you would be willing to share in this
way, please post them to the list. Kaye, Roy, Lesley and Jan have already
mentioned what they have. What about others? I will put everything together
into one listing and post it when it is complete so we can all have a look
at it.

Hope I've expressed my thoughts clearly here. My brain is a bit fuzzy
after too much holidaying <g>. Hope you'll bear with me. Andrea

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