question about purpose of "announce" mailing list

[Becky Brenner]

Rereading the description of stc-austin-general and stc-austin-announce, I 
noticed a difference between the stated use of the announce list and our 
actual practices.  We tend to send the announcements  about chapter & SIG 
meetings to the general list, because we encourage non-members to attend. 
Should we change the description of the lists? 

I guess I'm not really clear on what our use of the announce list should 
be, because we include non-members in so many of our events. Can someone 
help me understand?

Here are the descriptions from our web site:
stc-austin-general

This is an open list; anyone can join and post messages. This mailing list 
works like a large broadcast mailing list: anything you post to the list 
goes out to everyone who has subscribed.

This list is a forum for us to communicate information about:

    * The STC Austin Chapter
    * Technical communication
    * Technical resources
    * General job search/career information (specific listings are found 
on the Job Bank section of this website)
    * Q&A about software, hardware, writing, and other topics 

stc-austin-announce

This is a private list for members of the STC Austin Chapter. Any chapter 
member can subscribe. New members are automatically added to the list. 
This list is used to announce chapter events, such as chapter or SIG 
meetings, and other items of interest. Only chapter officers, directors, 
committee chairs, and SIG leaders can post to this list.

Thoughts, anyone?
Becky
_________________________________________________________________________
J. Becky Brenner ? WebSphere Adapter Information Development ? IBM 
Software Group ? jbecky at us.ibm.com ? (512) 838-4816 ? T/L 678-4816
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