[Oman-l] Purpose of this list

Sun, 5 Nov 2000 22:40:54 +0100

Dear Joachim,
You're talking about Palestine, eh? What's more important for you, a quality
list or a quantity list? If someone can't face having a problem meaning so
much to the Omani people discussed on this list, is it such a tragedy if
they sign off? What members do you want on the list? - those looking for a
nice beach?
Tommy

>
> Dear OMAN-L members,
>
> Several members have complained to me off-list about postings not
> directly relative to Oman, and six members have unsubscribed. Even
> though the problem of Palestine is one of great concern to all of us,
> don't forget that this is not a general chat forum or a discussion list
> of Middle Eastern affairs but a mailing list on OMAN, and subscribers
> expect postings to be relevant to Oman.
>
> May I also ask list members to observe the following hints which can
> make life easier for all of us:
>
> 1) Hitting the reply button may be an easy way to post, but make sure
> you really want to send your message to ALL list members. A "thank you"
> message to someone who has supplied valuable information through the
> list is certainly polite and appropriate, but should not be sent
> indiscriminately to 240 list members. Send it directly, i.e. off-list,
> to the person you want to thank. Also, if you use the reply button, make
> sure that the old subject line is relevant for your posting. If not,
> give it a new subject.
>
> 2) Preferably send plain text messsages with no file attachments. The
> list can't 'digest' file attachments.
>
> Please, if you find anything interesting relative to Oman - events,
> books, websites, etc. - post it to the list. There are so many new books
> published on Oman during the past year, and no-one has voiced any
> opinion about them. In particular, I would like to mention Cal Allen &
> Lynn Rigsbee's "Oman under Qaboos", Isam al-Rawas' "Oman in early
> Islamic history", Hussein Ghubash's "Oman: une démocratie islamique
> millénaire" (also published in Arabic) and, a bit longer ago already,
> Carol Riphenburg's "Oman: political development in a changing world".
> Plus the vast amount of specialized studies and all the new travel
> guides which have been published
> during the last two years! And, after a lapse of several years, the
> Ministry of National Heritage & Culture has resumed publishing the
> "Journal of Oman Studies" of which volume 11 finally appeared this
> summer. [sorry, just got carried away with my frency for books!]
>
> Best wishes to all of you, and never mind ...
>
> Joachim Duester
> list manager for oman-l
>
>
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