[War_ooc] We got a deadline! ...And some housekeeping stuff.

[pentaj2 at Scranton.edu]

I'll say this: I've liked the discussion we're having; please, keep it 
going.

Now then.

We will be working on a WR this weekend.

If you want anything in it that isn't posted, plan on telling us by 
FRIDAY NIGHT at 8PM EDT.

I'm going to nudge those participating in the Beijing conference to 
please, if you can, wrap it up and have it in by the time we start the 
WR?

Some quick housekeeping stuff that's always good to mention:

1. All of your posts *really* need to be in plaintext. As in, written 
in notepad kinda plaintext. The mailserver does *not* format posts 
otherwise, and the results in the archives when someone sends to any 
of the lists using nonstandard, nonplaintext formatting really does 
not look pretty.

2. There's something of a limit to the size of a post that will go 
through, from what I recall. Not being able to remember what that 
limit is (Jared, if you're alive out there, could you tell me if there 
is or isn't one?), I would suggest that 20-25 kb is a good point. If 
your post is larger than that, split it up into 20kb pieces. This is 
especially important for big JPs. (Even if Jared (our listserv owner) 
says there isn't one, as a matter of readability: Don't be afraid to 
split big posts into multi-part postings.)

3. In case anyone wonders, my rule as Welcome Wagon Guy is that an 
application "expires" after one week. As in, if I am working with 
someone and I don't hear from them for one week, I forget about em. 
*Every time* we've seen applications fall through, it's because people 
don't get back to me for weeks, if at all.