At 02:36 PM 6/4/00 -1000, you wrote:
>Really, I've seen it happen on other lists: one or two people begin posting
>several long  messages every day, and after week or two the list's
>membership drops off. With all possible good will, most people just don't
>have enough hours ...

Well put, Jonathan. I'm a great friend of multum in parvo.
A suggestion: sometimes, when it is clear that only two listers
are having an extended conversation, they might arrange to
carry on their discussion off-line.

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