Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Community and Boundaries

[Stephen Spencer (spencer]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2000 lilbert [at] earthlink.net wrote:

> > BUT the issue of having a restricted email discussion list has become
> > entwined with the "enclave" issue. We have a list to which anyone can
> > subscribe. It has 119 members while we have about 49 adult members. We do
> > not approve or even know who these people are when they join.

Why not have two lists; a "public" list that anyone can join, and a
"private" list to which only members can subscribe? There appears to be a
place for both in your community.

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