[List-Cumbria] Transcriptions and too many lists...

[Alan@cartar.com]

Makes sense to me.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 6:17 PM Petra Mitchinson via List-Cumbria <
list-cumbria at cumbriafhs.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> With the Rootsweb lists still working at the moment (well, sometimes they
> do actually work) and new lists having started up on the
> Cumbria FHS server, I am currently posting my transcriptions to six lists
> at the same time, which is clearly ridiculous. As well as
> posting them on the Cumbria FHS Forum.
>
> Okay, the three Rootsweb lists will drop out at the end of February.
>
> I note that the Cumbria FHS mailing lists now number four - Cumbria,
> Cumberland, Westmorland and Northwest (the last two haven't
> really got going yet).
>
> While I can understand the need for a separate Northwest list (Lancashire
> is huge and might easily swamp Cumbria), I really wonder
> why there have to be three separate lists for Cumbria and its constituent
> parts. Could not Cumberland, Westmorland and Cumbria be
> merged into one list? The respective Rootsweb lists have all been very
> quiet over the last few years, even the Cumberland list,
> which has been the most active of the three.
>
> Could I urge the respective list Mum and Dad (Lynne and Kim) to get
> together and discuss whether they would be happy to merge the
> three CFHS lists into one Cumbria list? From my own point of view, I don't
> really want to post to three different CFHS lists as well
> as posting the transcriptions on their forum - this is unnecessary
> duplication and just clogs up their server, and many people's
> inboxes. I am currently posting to both the CFHS Cumbria and Cumberland
> lists, simply because they are the most active ones, but
> would like to drop one of them (presumably Cumberland) in the future.
>
> I don't want to start a war or anything, just feel that we have a good
> chance at the moment to rationalise things a bit.
>
> What do other people think?
>
> Also just as a reminder - my transcriptions don't always make it through
> to the Rootsweb lists (the Rootsweb servers are very
> temperamental). You can always find the most recent (and all past)
> transcriptions on the Cumbria FHS Forum:
>
> https://cumbriafhs.com/smfmsgbrd/index.php
>
> Scroll down to almost the bottom and go to the "Transcription" sections -
> I am currently posting on the Carlisle Journal board.
>
> Thanks for reading this.
>
> Petra
>
>
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