Folks, Now that survey results are in I thought we should start looking into how to address some of the concerns and recommendations. Two things came out from the responses. 1. there is too much personal attacks and insults. 2. Politicization of every debate. While some believe that everyone should be allowed to speak their mind majority expressed concerned over debates turning into personal attacks and insults. Overwhelming majority of respondents said, postings which are found personally offending should be removed. There are those who believed that introduction of submailing lists could provide members with "a la carte" menu of choices. That way members choose what they like. In response to that Momodou Camara suggested we experiment with the idea before introduction. Perhaps we can re-visit that idea and see what the pros and cons are before committing ourselves. Personally one of the comments that got my attention was from Mr Momdou Sidibeh in his response to G-lers talkback. In it he said: "It appears to me however, that the Management needs to better coordinate it administrative efforts and device a more rigorous way of registering subscribers. Since most of us become aware of the list through other friends, can we not for instance, demand that subscribers introduce themselves (where they come from, schools they attended, curent location, and the name of any person that introduced them to the list)? Nobody walks anonimously into any village "bantabaa" in Gambia and starts hurling obscenities at those who express opposing views. It seems to me that this is a small price to pay if we want to maintain respectability on the "L"." I find this idea very similar to the one I proposed days before we sent in the survey. I think we should revisit it and see how best we can implement it. Must go now. Malanding Jaiteh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------