Sorry you don't understand, but I do. I can give you some ideas - Evan did a really good job, but from my very specific area and culture, I think that: 1. there's definitely a culture that we talk amongst ourselves and bounce ideas off each other before firming up an opinion to post 2. We don't like getting rude emails back, so there is trepidation, resulting in a decision not to "go public" 3. We prefer to talk (f2f, phone, Skype) than to type. 4. Have you noticed that most of the Caribbean ppl who post send a long, properly edited missive, and not a simple email note? These are the result of long discussions, thought, research and drafting. May be wrong, but always the result of a lot of time spent, since 5. email is a formal communication to many Caribbean people. 6. It's also strange emailing ppl we don't know and haven't met. It's better to have met f2f before going into an email relationship, and if not f2f, at least a voice chat. 7. In LAC, the bi-lingual mailing list is very difficult to use. So there's a lot of discussion at the teleconferences, and of course a lot of backchannel chats. Hope this helps you to understand why this english-only mailing list does not count on high participation from the Caribbean. it's not a bad thing either - there are many tools for communication, and some work better for some people than others. We should all be able to pick our preferred method of communication and use that, and not feel belittled or pressured to use tools with which we are not comfortable. Jacqueline Karl Auerbach wrote:
I too do not understand why most of the discussion that occurs on this mailing list come from North America and Europe.
It may well be that other areas and other people are aggregating, discussing, debating, and acting outside of the A-R-A (ALAC-RALO-ALS) mechanism. I would not find that surprising.
--karl--
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