sust-mar: feast or famine

Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:09:00 -0400 (AST)
From: Paul A Falvo <pfalvo@chebucto.ns.ca>
To: Sustainable Maritimes <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Some weeks I have to turn messages away. Other times, like this week, the
queue is empty.

The worst part of moderating sust-mar is having to reject good messages
featuring local events. READ ON if this has ever happened to one of your
messages.

The single best way to prevent this is to get your message in very early.
Send it to sust-mar as many weeks ahead of time as you can. Remember: it
may take me a week or two to get it on the list. It may take readers a
week or so to see it. Sust-mar is not instant messaging!

If you send two or more messages within a short time, expect significant
delays on the second message. I want to give everyone a chance to use
sust-mar. There are well over 300 subscribers. With one message per day
for the whole list, that means i have to hold things back sometimes, to
give everyone a chance.

If you send two messages within the same calendar month, your second and
subsequent messages go into the slow queue. They go on only after the fast
queue is empty.

I mention this b/c lately i've had to turn away several excellent messages
for this very reason. If you are posting a message for a friend, that
message still counts as yours. Solution: encourage your friend to sign up
on sust-mar ad post her or his own messages.

And again ... getting 'em in early will always help.

Have a happy and safe holiday, everyone!

~paul :)



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GAS PRICES JUMP SIX CENTS IN HALIFAX 
   The price of a litre of regular self-serve gas went up Tuesday to 79.9
cents a litre from 73.9. [Paul: an early Xmas present for the Earth?] :)
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http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_gasprc20021218

ONTARIO MPP TOURS SYDNEY CONTAMINATED SITES
A politician from Sarnia, Ont., is getting a close look at the toxic
sludge her constituents don't want shipped to their area. 
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http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_cbdico20021218

TRURO BAR OWNER PULLS PLUG ON VLTS
A pub owner in Truro says he's tired of watching people gamble their money
away, so he has ditched his video lottery terminals.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_vlt20021217

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