Well, in  my experience  the files  that change  most frequently  are the
welcome message and/or "you have  been added" notice, and, if applicable,
the questionnaire sent  to new users. As the list  grows, new issues will
come up  and will  need to  be addressed. Even  with multiple  owners you
would presumably want  to discuss all these things with  the other owners
or even the list  before making a change. As a list  owner I would always
want a local  copy of the list  charter/policy and so forth  so that when
users complain about  something I can quote  it to them. I  don't know, I
just find it hard  to believe that there are all that  many owners who do
NOT want to keep a local copy  of policy/info files about their list. For
instance, it wouldn't occur  to me to use GIVE when I  can just imbed the
file in my reply.
 
Like just  about everything it  CAN be implemented  as you say,  but this
sounds like a feature that would be used only by a handful of people.
 
  Eric