[PEN-L:11812] Re: ups and the need for a pen-l web site

[Hank Leland <lelandh@xxxxxxxx>]

Michael Perelman wrote:

> I am getting very positive feedback about Michael E.'s UPS postings,
> plus a couple of complaints about the volume that one individual is
> sending.
>
> My feeling is that the UPS strike is an exceptional opportunity.  They
>
> union actually has a chance of winning something -- and with public
> support.
>
> Harry Cleaver was doing something similar -- on a smaller scale with
> Chiapas, but now he uses the web and his own list -- which is probably
>
> the appropriate way to go.
>
> I do wish that someone had the time and the expertise to create a web
> site for pen-l -- so that we could have information such as Michael is
>
> providing in a handier form.
>
> Also, I would like to know if my sample is biased -- if more of you
> think that the volume of Michael's postings are burdensome, or if you
> appreciate the service he is performing.  I am only raising the
> question
> because 1) it has been posed to me and 2) I would like to know how to
> make the list as useful as possible.
>
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 916-898-5321
> E-Mail michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  Three cheers for Eisenscher.  I find much of his material valuable and
worth sharing with colleagues here at the Service Employees
International Union.

As to exercising some control on the volume of Eisenscher's postings,
from my own perspective, I find the conventional news stories (from the
Wall Street Journal, Reuters, PRNewswire, New York Times, etc.)
unneccessary since I already have access to these resources via the
Internet.  If this is the case for most other PEN-Lers, it may be
appropriate to ask Eisenscher to eliminate those postings.

On the other hand, if that creates additional work for Eisenscher then
the hell with it; I have a delete button.

Hank Leland
SEIU