On Wed, 20 Jan 1993 07:00:00 EST Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843 said:
>Do you require the soon-to-be list-owner to do a LISTS OF LISTS (cf.
>LISTSOF LISTS at ndsuvm1) search to see if there are already
>established lists (either LISTSERV-based or other-server based) that
>might already fulfill the stated purpose?
 
We don't require them to do their own search, per se.  I talk to them about
it and look for similar lists myself if I think there might by a conflict.
So far I don't think it's been a problem and many of our lists are of a very
audience (e.g. until recently we had a list for Chilean Nueroscientists).
 
>Once established, do you encourage them to post to NEW-LIST (I've
>searched NEW-LIST and at least one person at CUNYVM does so).
Yes.  Most choose not to, however, planning to do it later when they are
sure they can handle the load.  I think most forget.
 
Bill