[pagan-magik] Great

[Jenny Gould]

Another goup I am on provides quite a similar sort of intro proceedure. The 
guy who runs the admin posts their reply, and people say what they think. 
This can range from yeah, they are cool and do blah, to ohmy****** no way, 
they are totally going to disrupt this group.

Plenty of people do not comment at all: some people get waved in quickly, and 
some people cause huge and heated debates, often underling differing 
perceptions of what the group is for, which takes time to resolve (and can 
prove disruptive even if of itself may prove enlightening). 

The while process is pretty flexible in time-scale, but is slower if they are 
controversial. The result is that people join who are not likely to be there 
to simply cause trouble, but instead are people who genuiely wish soething of 
the following: fellowship, support for their lifestyle,  advice on problems 
and conflict resolution, debate or political networking.  Personally I want 
more out of the list that most, but respect there is only so  much energy I 
can put into trying to transform others wishes. Lurking to read and learn 
from other peoples' experiences, good or bad is of value to plenty less vocal  
(which is what I hope to  get here).

Anyway, what I am trying to say is: yes I too think you have a cool intro 
proceedure. Something similar has worked in a slightly different context for 
several years without too much problem. However, two days seems rushed. 
I would agree  a certain amount of instant gut feeling can be used, but you 
need longer than 48 hours for a reaction from those who do not read mail that 
often,  *if* the moderators is to be guided at all by a consensus, rather 
than simply making a unilateral decision. Is there  urgency about getting 
someone signed up? That I cannot understand, unless they are clearly involved 
in an event which is being organised, and need access to the list in a hurry. 
In that circumsatnce, that in iteslf is likely to suggest their suitability.

Jenny Gould
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