Hi Michael, Yes you are right...this kind of use of the list is a waste of ICANN resources in general and NCSG list should be kept for ICANN business. Thanks Brenden for your practical suggestions. Alain On Tuesday, July 3, 2012, Brenden Kuerbis wrote: > Hello Michael, > > It is your prerogative to unsubscribe from the NCSG-Discuss list. > However, may I offer a couple less drastic alternatives? (These > suggestions may come in handy for others, so I'm cc'ing the list) > > 1. Set your subscription to digest. > > With a "digest" subscription, you receive larger messages (called > "digests") at regular intervals, usually once per day or once per week. > These "digests" are collections of individual list postings. Digests are a > good compromise between reading everything as it is posted and feeling like > the list is clogging your mailbox with a multitude of individual postings. > > 2. Set your subscription to index. > > With an "index" subscription, you receive short "index" messages at > regular intervals, usually once per day or once per week. These "indexes" > show you what is being discussed on the list, without including the text of > the individual postings. For each posting, the date, the author's name and > address, the subject of the message, and the number of lines is listed. You > can then download messages of interest from the server (the index contains > instructions on how to do that). An index subscription is ideal if you have > a slow connection and only read a few hand-picked messages. The indexes are > very short and you do not have to worry about long download times. The > drawback of course is that you need to reconnect to retrieve messages of > interest from the server > > 3. Set your subscription to nomail. > > This option toggles off the receipt of mail from the list. However, you > will still be able to post to the list. You may want to disable mail > delivery if you will be away from your mail for an extended period of time. > > 4. Configure your own email client to automatically kill/filter mail > received from the list. > > This option is the most customizable. E.g., you could filter all mail > from a specific individual, or mail which contains specific words (e.g., > knitters). > > > If you have further questions, please contact me off list. All of the > list options above can be managed by the subscriber in the Subscribers > Corner (look for the "Subscribe or Unsubscribe" link) at https://*listserv > *.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=*NCSG*-DISCUSS If none of these options > work, I'm happy to unsubscribe you (or you can do this yourself). > > Regards, > > --------------------------------------- > Brenden Kuerbis > Internet Governance Project > http://internetgovernance.org > > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Michael Carson <[log in to unmask]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', [log in to unmask]);> > > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Whoever is in charge of adding/removing email addresses to this listserv, >> I am requesting that my email address be removed. >> >> This sort of exchange is fruitless, a waste of time and unprofessional. >> This is not the first time I have received these types of email exchanges. >> >> Again, please remove my email address. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael Carson >> >> YMCA of the USA >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Ginger Paque" <[log in to unmask] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >> [log in to unmask]);>> >> *To: *[log in to unmask] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >> [log in to unmask]);> >> *Sent: *Tuesday, July 3, 2012 9:28:38 AM >> *Subject: *Re: knitters needle >> >> >> I have never had my knitting needles taken from me on a flight. I do use >> circular needles, to avoid poking my seatmates, but have never had the >> needles questioned except by other envious knitters who come up to me and >> say: What??? We can carry our knitting needles on the plane? >> >> I think a knit in is a spectacular idea. I will have a project with me in >> Baku, and can bring extra needles and yarn for those who want to learn to >> knit :) >> >> Cheers, Ginger >> Ginger (Virginia) Paque >> >> [log in to unmask] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >> [log in to unmask]);> >> Diplo Foundation >> Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme >> www.diplomacy.edu/ig >> ** >> ** >> >> >> >> On 3 July 2012 09:48, Andrew A. Adams <[log in to unmask]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', [log in to unmask]);> >> > wrote: >> >>> William Drake suggested: >>> > When the IOC folks were speaking in Prague it'd have been great if a >>> > bunch of people could have pulled out knitting needles…maybe Toronto? >>> > Some street theatre is always good for a meeting… >>> >>> Nice idea. You'd have to find a local supply (or have someone bring hold >>> baggage to bring in a bunch) though, since AFAIK knitting needles are >>> amongst >>> the terrible deadly weapons currently banned from being taken onto >>> planes in >>> the war on tourism. ICANN meetings are short enough that lots of >>> attendees >>> may well be flying hand luggage only (I know I would be). >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Professor Andrew A Adams [log in to unmask]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', [log in to unmask]);> >>> Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and >>> Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics >>> Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan http://www.a-cubed.info/ >>> >> >> > -- Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA Member, Board of Directors, CECI, http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, www.gkpfoundation.org NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/ O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824 Skype: alain.berranger