Comments on: ASAE Listserve Rant Follow-up

By: Becky Granger

Becky Granger — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:40:15 +0000

Chiming in VERY late here to say
1) I totally agree that there are ways around these issues
2) And to share the list of “out of office” equivalents we use at EDUCAUSE to limit excess noise (we’re running Listserv, not Lyris, but the concept is the same):
Subject: out of office
Subject: out of the office
Subject: away from office
Subject: away from the office
Subject: automated response

And I’m encouraged to echo what Maddie said, that ASAE is aware of these concerns and hopefully we will see some changes soon.

–Becky

By: desabol

desabol — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:40:48 +0000

@Peggy, @Ben, @Lindy, thanks for sharing your thoughts thus far. @Ben I am all ears.

I am really passionate about technology working for people as opposed to against them. As I think about it, it may be a technology that has outlived it’s usefulness, but unfortunately until a new solution is implemented it’s needs to stay useful for those that chose to use it.

@Lindy I am with you on findability of info. If you can’t find it quickly and/or easily it’s value decreases significantly. I do think a discussion board/listserv type of solution would be valuable for a lot of people but it needs to be properly implemented, maintained and easy to use by the members or it will suffer a fate similar to the current solution.

By: Lindy Dreyer

Lindy Dreyer — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:15:02 +0000

I’m all for these fixes. I’d say something like “how easy was that” but I happen to know that you’re an exceptional Google spelunker, Dave.

But these are still bandaids on a bigger problem. I’m steadfast in my need for an archive that is ridiculously easy to search.

By: Ben Martin, CAE

Ben Martin, CAE — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:27:35 +0000

This is good constructive criticism. If nobody from ASAE chimes in with an official response, I’ll comment with what I’ve heard through the grapevine.

By: Peggy Hoffman

Peggy Hoffman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:03:02 +0000

Thanks – just shared your post with components listserv. Nothing like putting the rant energy to productive use.