I'm all for keeping our borders porous and welcoming our new member from Spain!
I think all of us can also sympathize with Ernesto's concern about e-mail overload. Maybe we could create a Google Group (or something similar) to facilitate the discussion process. This might be a good solution because it would allow full integration with e-mail for those who don't have Web access. Others could choose not to receive e-mail updates and follow the discussion online.
Or maybe part of the issue is that some of our threads have actually not been posted to the official [globaloutlookDH-l] and have instead been sent directly to participants, bypassing the digest format for those who have subscribed to it.
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Ernesto Priego efpriego@gmail.com wrote:
I also agree-- one more should be OK.
Apologies for off topic comment now but I was also wondering if there is some way we can make the email list and off-list email discussion more efficient-- I know it's the early stages but even then I have personally found it very hard to keep up with so many from the Global DH list. I try to filter into folders but even then it's overwhelming as this is not the only group I (like must of you) belong to.
Not sure what the solution would be-- as some seem to only have access to email but not the Web.
My suggestion would be to rationalise/reduce the stream. (I am also aware that by sending this email I am also contributing to what I have experience as an unnecessary number of messages). I don't want to miss out on what's going on, but I also want to be honest about my personal situation.
Best regards
Ernesto, buried alive in email...
Sent from my mobile On Jan 26, 2013 1:40 AM, "David Large" david.large@sydney.edu.au wrote:
I agree — particularly in the first year of the SIG, we should broaden our reach as much as possible. *DAVID LARGE *Postgraduate Teaching Fellow | PhD Candidate Department of English | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Rm N361, John Woolley Building A20 *THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY* | NSW | 2006 T: +61 2 9114 1295 E: david.large@sydney.edu.audavid.large@gmail.com W: The Malcolm Lowry Project – A Hypertextual Companion to *Under the Volcano* http://www.otago.ac.nz/english/lowry Australasian Association for Digital Humanities http://aa-dh.org/ | Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand http://www.bsanz.org/
On 26 January 2013 09:42, Alex Gil colibri.alex@gmail.com wrote:
I second Barbara's comments.
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Bordalejo, Barbara < bab995@mail.usask.ca> wrote:
I think that it is a good idea to have someone from Spanish DH on board (I just joined myself and they seem to be doing very interesting things).
Also, if the whole of the executive approves of a new member, there is no need to reopen nominations. It is just an executive decision, right? Naturally, we can also find roles, as the group develops, that might be filled by others.
As you say, when the bylaws are in place, things should be clearer.
Cheers,
BB
On 25 Jan 2013, at 16:02, Daniel O'Donnell wrote:
Hi all,
A question for your advice: we've had a late request to join the
executive from a member of the Spanish DH society.
As you know we had a nomination period, which we closed a week ago.
But of course for this first year we accepted all comers and our emphasis has been on enthusiasm rather than numbers.
I've written back to the person saying that there certainly will be
no problem finding a leadership role in GO::DH, whatever that role is called, but I wasn't sure about what the rest of you thought about in essence reopening the nomination process. On the one had it is not a big deal and I don't think we have any interest in excluding people; on the other we presumably do want to know at a certain point who's doing what with some certainty.
What do others think we should do, both here and in relation to any
future requests to join the exec or become an officer while we are working on formalising things this year?
This is one place where building the bylaws as you go can create
ambiguity. Once we have rules about nominations, elections, constituencies, and the like things will be much easier.
-dan
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