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Re: Future Translation relays, and new spin-off mailing list

From:Charles <catty@...>
Date:Saturday, June 26, 1999, 2:06
Nik Taylor wrote:

> the relay could be handled solely > thru individual e-mails. A "relaymaster" would declare on the list the > beginning of a relay, describing what the basic text will be, in vague > details, of course, preferably nothing more than something like "this > will be a four-line text". Then, anyone who wants to participate would > contact that person by private e-mail,
[snip details]
> Thus, either way, there would be a grand total of > just *3* posts about it.
I agree; it is the usual method I have seen on other lists; one person asks a question, collects responses, and summarizes results to the list. Especially since we've been choking the poor list server.