Attachments and Web Space

[Richard J Senghas]

On 1 Jul 2008, , at 10:56 PM, Richard J Senghas wrote:

> If a consensus emerges, I'm willing to follow it.  If there's no  
> consensus, I'll do my best to make an informed decision based on  
> whatever issues are raised in any ensuing discussion.

Hello again colleagues,

It seems from the public and off-line responses that those who feel  
strongest are those who would rather hold to the older policy of no  
attachments and to no HTML in LINGANTH postings.  Given the  
availability of web space people often have now to place documents  
where they can be retrieved easily, links often serve as well as  
attachments.

So, unless I hear strong advocacy for change, I'll hold to the policy  
of no attachments and no HTML code in LINGANTH postings for the time  
being.

Next thing:
Does anyone have access to available web space and have any interest  
in providing and maintaining a list home page where archived  
documents might be placed?  (My university provides me with too- 
limited space at this point to offer that myself.)  In the past,  
we've sometimes had syllabi for courses related to lx anthropology,  
and I could see us placing other useful documents and grey literature  
there, too.

Finally:
If you are an emerging scholar in the field who might want to begin  
providing service to the profession by volunteering as an alternate  
lis owner/moderator (or hosting a LINGANTH home page), please do let  
me know.  (This is a pointed invitation to graduate students and  
recent graduates, though it is not limited to them.)  It would be  
great to have enough redundancy in the support team that field trips,  
final grading crunches, and vacations don't leave the list  
temporarily unsupported.  (Currently Ron Kephart and I are serving in  
this capacity.)  This is a great way to get a little visibility and  
open up opportunities to connect with others in our field, while  
providing services which positively affect quite literally hundreds  
of our colleagues.  (Over the past ten years, our list has tended to  
run a membership of 150-250 members at any given point.  At one count  
a few years back, we had as many as 28 countries represented!)

Best regards to all,

-Richard
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