administrivia (was Re: Policy Statement)

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Jim Holland wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> 	Could you please provide me with the policy statements for your Pittsburgh, West Penn, and Johnstown 
> mail lists?

Hahaha. Basically, right now the machine running the mailing lists lives
in my employer's machine room (but it is my hardware); As long as nothing
weird starts going on the upset them, I don't much care. At some point, I
will again have high speed network service at home, and the lists will be
served from the machine on my desk there.

We can shape these lists into anything the readers want, within that
constraint and that I have a job (and for the moment classes while I
finish my degree, and home renovations ongoing for 3 years to finish) and
hence can't sink all my time here. There's a not-small, not-large limit on
the sizes of posts; We can adjust that as the readers see fit; Or I can
create yet another list for binaries. 

> 	I think it would be nice for these three properties to be joined into one list.  It would make it easy 
> to unsubscribe / resubscribe at vacations times but more importantly, those who are primarily PRCo fans are 
> usually extremely interested in both West Penn and Johnstown  --  it just seems so natural for them to be 
> together.  West Penn and PRCo operated freight together; Valley line trains once operated through to 
> Pittsburgh, and the interurbans of PRCo were just a quick 6 miles from West Penn in Brownsville.  Johnstown was 
> just over the hill from PRCo but actively admired by PRCo, and probably West Penn fans.

If that's what people want, we can do that. Should also be possible to
create a list which causes people subscribed to it to get messages to all
3 (PRCo, WPRys, JTCo) lists, but the lists still be subscribable (and
necessarily be postable) individually.

I wouldn't call the 60-ish mile jaunt from Johnstown to Trafford (which
would be about the closest point on Pittsburgh Railways to Johnstown, and
also happens to be where I live) "just over the hill", but I hear you...

-D