The Logic Off Topic list

As I mentioned in a recent post, I have always assumed the L-OT list 
to be loosely music related. In fact I wouldn't have a problem at all 
with threads talking about politics *that directly relate to music*, 
e.g. new laws that would effect the music industry in any way. IMHO 
this just isn't the place for a general world history class, or even 
for people to talk about the best chocolate chip cookie recipie 
they've ever had. My mistake was thinking this was clear to everyone -
after this big issue came up I realized that "list philosphy" was 
never said anywhere in big bold letters for all to read, so I can 
understand why some of you didn't realize that's what was intended 
for this list (by some of us at least). 

The last poll is very inconclusive -- "yes" politics is only ahead 
of "no" politics by 3 votes, but 3 people unsubscribed on the second 
day of the big political thread who probably would have voted "no", 
so IMO it's still extremely even. After discussing this with the 
other admins, we've decided to let all of you vote on this issue to 
decide. 

The question is not just about politics: Does the Logic-OT list need 
to stay somewhat focused on things related to music (not just music 
production, but e.g. Dennis's interesting thread a while back about 
Japanese music, etc.)... or should we allow all "way off topic" 
subject at all to be posted here? The poll will conclude on October 
27th, and we will go with whatever the majority of people vote for. 

Also please note that *if* people vote to keep the list related to 
music, we *will* create another list for Logic users to discuss 
anything and everything they want, even if its way off topic. This 
would save people uninterested in non-music-related threads from 
having to sort through way off topic threads, and it would give 
everyone interested in political or other way off topic subjects to 
freely discuss them with other Logic users without any moderation at 
all. 

I'm creating the poll now, so you should receive another email right 
after this one with the link to the poll. 

All the best,
Jeremy Martin; sadus@...
http://www.carrollsweb.com/sadus