Subject: Re: off-topic, offline: an alternative
Date: Jun 2 08:06:30 1995
From: "Lisa M. Smith" - subplot at u.washington.edu


Peter, please count me in.

---Lisa (subplot at u.washington.edu)

> Rationale: There seems to be a reasonably large contingent of tweeters
> who either contribute to these off-topic discussions or who at least
> listen with courtesy and interest (or Delete in silence!).
>
> This will provide us with a new forum for discussing most of the things
> that makes birding and science human. Tweeters will handle the bird
> observations, field trip and other announcements, and first-instance
> "off-topic" messages that poke their noses insidiously into otherwise
> innocent on-topic messages.