Hi Folks, As your Interim Chair for the North American RALO, I'd like to discourage a practice that has crept into list participation over the last month: cross-posting to this list and other lists. Although a public interest item well may be of general interest to persons on many mailing lists, please post to each of the lists separately. The problem is that the responses segment the discussion, as people respond to lists to which they are not members. As messages bounce, we end up getting bits and pieces of discussions posted here, and it's really very confusing. I'd also like to keep us focused on the most immediate issues at hand: the MOU and the upcoming San Juan meeting. Darlene has posted a number of helpful comments, so please follow up on those if you have more input. For those of you who are new to the ALAC and the NARALO, I'd be interested in hearing about how you find these email lists as a mechanism for discussion and work. Are you getting too many messages? Not enough? Prefer moderated lists? Do you prefer working via conference call? wiki? We should explore various alternatives as we strive to make our tools work best for our schedules. Bret