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A couple of clarifications:
1) At the end of [OPE-L:2921], Andrew K wrote that his paper from
September, 99 can be downloaded from the "~ikita" site (i.e. the
archives set-up by Iwao Kitamura). That is not accurate -- the
~ikita site only has posts up to about 9/8. However, the good
news is that Andrew's paper can be obtained from the archives
maintained by Allin. Go to:
http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archives
2) In his more recent post dated today Andrew suggested that OPE-L
is a "PRIVATE e-mail list". While I understand the point he
is trying to make and even have some sympathy for it, this
statement is misleading. We are a "closed" list -- in contrast
to a "Open" list. This is different from the public vs.
private dichotomy and has to do with whether anyone can join
a list by sending a "subscription" command.
While subscriptions to OPE-L are not automatically open to
everyone from the public, we are a *collaborative group*
rather than a "private" group. AS such, any decisions that
I make as "co-ordinator" can be over-ruled by a majority
on this list. Furthermore, if there is dis-satisfaction with
my performance that I can be asked to step-down and I would
be honor-bound to do so if that is the desire of the list.
In any event, we are not a "private" e-mail list (and, btw,
all e-mail lists -- open and closed -- have an "owner"
or "owners" to deal with technical problems such as "error
messages").
3) The archives are entirely open to the public if one agrees
to adhere to the archives policy -- which is explained prior
to entering the archives. As all will recall, the process
that led to moving from a for-members-only archives to the
current arrangement was slow and awkward -- as is often
the case with collaborative, rather than private,
undertakings.
In solidarity, Jerry
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