[LIT] survey

Mon Aug 14 11:34:46 CDT 2006

 The survey is painless and asks logical valid questions regarding the survival of this list.  I think I'll change to GOLD upon further thought about the value of the list. 

On Sunday, August 13, 2006, at 10:03AM, <lit-request at literacyworkshop.org> wrote:

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>   1. Re: Lit Workshop Expanding in Year Two (Lise)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:07:03 -0700
>From: "Lise" <iteach at cybertrails.com>
>Subject: Re: [LIT] Lit Workshop Expanding in Year Two
>To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
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>Bev,
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>What survey? I think I must have missed something.
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>Lise
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>Message: 2
>Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:18:28 -0400
>From: "Bill IVEY" <bivey at sbschool.org>
>Subject: Re: [LIT] Lit Workshop Expanding in Year Two
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>"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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>Message: 3
>Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:26:39 -0400
>From: zlcarter at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [LIT] Lit Workshop Expanding in Year Two
>To: lit at literacyworkshop.org
>Message-ID: <8C88C64C05E27C7-740-DC5 at mblk-r34.sysops.aol.com>
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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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