[LIT] Lit Workshop Expanding in Year Two

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I did the survey ...but with futher thought I will go Gold too 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: bivey at sbschool.org
Sent: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [LIT] Lit Workshop Expanding in Year Two


"A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
<lit at literacyworkshop.org> on Saturday, August 12, 2006 at 1:07 PM -0500
wrote:
>What survey? I think I must have missed something.

Hi!

This was in a posting from Keith. Briefly, Keith has been donating both
his time and server space to help keep us going since we left MiddleWeb.
With 320 members (yay!), we have frequently exceeded our outgoing mail
limit of 1000 messages per hour (this could mean as few as four postings
within a period of 60 minutes - since these are each sent out to 320
people, that's a total of 1280 messages).  Keith has worked, with my
input, to come up with three options for how we can not only keep the list
going in the upcoming school year, but also thrive and expand; I can't
tell you how much I appreciate his time and efforts on our behalf. Here is
an extract of his posting which includes the survey information as well as
an explanation about the options:

>I've been working with Bill and a few other members of TLW to develop some
>ideas for expanding our community for the next school year. I'm asking
>that:
>   1. You read through the condensed information below.
>   2. Go to http://www.literacyworkshop.org/memberships.htm to find out
>additional info on tools and options.
>   3. Let us know what direction and options you prefer by taking a short
>survey at http://www.literacyworkshop.org/membersurvey.htm. 
>
>About The Literacy Workshop (TLW)
>TLW is dedicated to providing tools, projects, and resources to facilitate
>and improve the teaching and learning of literacy with a focus on middle
>grades. TLW was created "by teachers for teachers" and our vision is to
>keep
>all lists open to the public without charge. 
>
>Issue
>TLW is hosted by Keith Mack on his server space at no charge. The main TLW
>listserv has approximately 320 members. Several other sub-lists (20-60
>members) have operated during parts of the year. The number of people
>involved in these lists has caused TLW to exceed its outgoing email limit
>of
>1000 messages per hour many times during the last year. There are three
>possible options for TLW in the 2006-07 school year.
>
>1. Paid Memberships
>Basically teachers, teams, or schools can pay for use of webspace, blogs
>and
>discussion boards for their classrooms. The money from memberships will be
>used to pay for hosting on a new server and for buying web tools (approx.
>$70/mo. needed).
>
>2. Moderation of Current List
>We can continue in current mode of operation, but ALL messages would be
>moderated. This means Bill or I (or any other selected moderator) would
>have
>to log in and approve EVERY message before it is sent out to the list. 
>
>3. Move to Yahoo or Google Groups or My Space, etc. 
>As most of you know, there are many online providers that let people
>create
>their own communities for free. Most have some really nice features. The
>only drawback to this option is that you have to put up with their
>advertising.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School


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