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From: "jdduval" <>
Subject: [MARTIN-L] Martin Roll Call Debate
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 21:16:37 -0500
References: <3A5BC30B.4B384BB4@erols.com>

I'm new to these types of lists but I'm part of Rootsweb Fox lists and they
have what they call a Fox "roll call" - what's the big deal? If I see a
name John Martin in the subject line it won't be of any value until I look
at the e-mail. How could roll call in the subject be offensive, it just
have that information you've been seeking for years. I don't delete e-mails
based on what's in the subject line. Sherry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Derrow" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 9:03 PM
Subject: [MARTIN-L] Roll Calls


> OK...I'm commenting, knowing full well I shouldn't bother and that this
> message may spark additional messages that provide no information on
> Martin ancestors. Julia was NOT rude, and she was well within her
> rights as the administrator of this list. (How many of you are willing
> to put up with the trials and tribulations that Julia does as a
> listowner?) As a member of many lists, I, too, resent "roll calls."
> Julia is not alone in this regard. Instead of "roll calls," all a list
> member has to do is put his/her request in the subject and fill in the
> details in the body. I, too, do not want to review tens of messages all
> with the subject, "Roll Call." I do not see the rudeness in pointing
> this out.
>
> If you want to experience listowner abuse, I can recommend
> several--MARTIN-L is NOT one of them. (Try, for example, a
> couple of the Alabama county sites, where the title of "historian,"
> evidently conveys total power to the listowner.) None of us likes
> criticism, even when it is sincerely, well intended. Perhaps we should
> be more open to it.
>

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