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Conference rdvax::grateful

Title:Take my advice, you'd be better off DEAD
Notice:It's just a Box of Rain
Moderator:RDVAX::LEVY::DEBESS
Created:Thu Jan 03 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:580
Total number of notes:60238

5.0. "The Reserved Note Reserved Note" by SPICE::PECKAR (More or less in line) Thu Jan 10 1991 17:12

	The first 100 notes in this conference are "reserved", i.e.
	write-locked by the moderators to facilitate ease-of-use of this
	conference.

	This topic is reserved for discussion, requests for new	reserved notes,
	and the reserved notes Index. As most of you know, this is the first 
	attempt to "organize" (perish the thought) this conference, so your
	general comments would be appreciated, as well.

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5.1Reserved note index: V1.0SPICE::PECKARMore or less in lineThu Jan 10 1991 18:01143
	The first 100 notes are organized into 8 general categories; 

	Conference related		Dead Statistics related 
	Dead-show related		Taping & Equipment related 
	Dead culture related		Non-Dead music related
	DEChead related			Non-dead, Non-music related

Following is the index of reserved notes as of the opening of this new version
of Grateful. Please extract it, print it, tape it to the ceiling above your
bed at home and memorize it so you can find those import topics quickly.  :-)






    This index does not reflect actual topic names, rather their subjects...
	(i.e. I de-encrypted Lisa's rather cryptical topic names)

	Notes 1 through 15:	Conference-related Topics

				1	Welcome (Pointer to Grateful_old)
				2	Guidelines for behavior 
				3	Discussions on items in note 2
				4	Moderator Issues
				5	Reserved notes (Index and requests)
				6	Conference directory
				7	Membership requests/updates
				8	Keywords
				9	
				10
				11
				12
				13
				14

	Notes 15 Through 29:	Dead Show/tour Related Topics

				15	Generic GDTS Mailorder Instruct
				16	Grateful Dead Hotline numbers
				17	Hotline Info (Show announcements)
				18	Seating Charts
				19	Directions to venues
				20	Grateful Dead Ticket plea/exchange/
				21	Who MOed/where are you sitting
				22	Meeting places
				23	Show reviews
				24
				25
				26
				27
				28
				29

	Notes 30 Through 39	Dead Culture related topics

				30	Dead Jeopardy
				31      Deadhead Sociology 
				32      Lyric discussions
				33      Dead in Media (news and books)
				34      Dead merchandize, where to get it, etc.
				35      Deadhead Networks.
				36      Band Member Talk
				37      Rumors
				38      Dead Albums and CD's discussion
				39      Vault tapes on CD
				40	Tie Dye
				41
				42
				43
				44

	Notes 45 Through 59	DECHead Related Topics

				45	New new new new who are you
				46	DEChead lunches
				47	On The Road Again
				48	Camping note
				49	Ski trip note
				50	DEChead T-Shirts, Stickers, flyers, Etc.
				51	DEChead Job Match
				52	Thank You Note
				53	Generic Car discussion note
				54	L@@king for note
				55	Whatchoo have for lunch
				56	Whatchoo listen to in car or bus?
				57	
				58
				59

	Notes 60 Through 69	Dead Statistics related topics

				60	Deadbase Ordering info
				61 	Deadbase discussion
				62	Setlists (No discussions please).
				63	Bobby and Jerry Setlists
				64	Lyrics (lists only please)
				65	Lyrics (with chords)
				66	Lyrics and chord requests	
				67
				68
				69

	Notes 70 Through 79	Dead Taping and equipment related Topics

				70	Tape trades, requests and offers
				71	Tape list locations
				72	Tape list management
				73	Storing tapes 
				74	Taping & equipments Q & A's 
				75	Where to get blank tape
				76	Old (Analog) Tape technology
				77	New (Digital Tape technology
				78	GD Sound & Light Systems
				79

	Notes 80 Through 89	Non-Dead Music related topics

				80	MusicHappenings!
				81	Concert Series listings
				82	Local Band listings 
				83	Non-dead Ticket Plea Central
				84	Slipknot schedules
				85	Non-dead reviews and setlists
				86	Radio happenings
				87	Fesitavals, rallies & other happenings
				88	
				89

	Notes 90 Through 100	Organized Digressionary topics

				90	For Digressions Only
				91	The Werld we live in
				92	The Werld we werk in
				93	Once Upon a Time
				94	Thought, feeling, Image for the Day
				95	Let your voice be heard!
				96	Environmental concerns
				97	Ask The Universe
				98	
				99
				100
5.2Worth it?SPICE::PECKARNot the MamaTue Nov 12 1991 18:2913
	Since its been a while that we've been living under the shadow of an
organized grateful, I thought I'd take a look at what its bought us. Being
organized has _definitely_ cut back on the number of topics entered...

	Gratuful_old: 10 months from 1-Sep-1988 to 1-Aug-1989:

		630 new topics and 7843 new notes.

	Gratuful: 10 months from 6-Jan-1991 to 6-Nov-1991:

		212 new topics and 13,954 new notes.
Wow.
5.3Worth it? I think so.ZENDIA::FERGUSONGuinness gives you strengthTue Nov 12 1991 18:436
	I think the organized deal is _WELL_ worth it.  This works well with
my mode of operation, which tends to be of the organized nature.  It is
rather easy to find things that are important -- which is a big improvement
over the old organization ...

	In short, I like it.
5.4SA1794::GLADUGTue Nov 12 1991 18:443
    It may be about one third as many topics but it's nearly twice as 
    many notes!!! YOW! We may be more organized, but we're definitely
    more verbose.
5.5CLOSUS::BARNESTue Nov 12 1991 18:511
    organization???????????????????
5.6Keep up the fair work :-)SCAM::GRADYtim gradyWed Nov 13 1991 10:538
    I like it.  I was noticing just a couple days ago how few topics there
    were, despite the fact that there is a HUGE amount of traffic here. 
    It's easy to find things, and it even seems to be faster to access, but
    that could be a hallucination on my part.  That wouldn't be all that
    unusual for me ;-).
    
    tim
    
5.7more users = more notes ? maybe !MSHRMS::FIELDSsend a smile, show you careWed Nov 13 1991 11:091
    the note count is up but is membership ? 
5.8SPOCK::IRONSSetting the Standard for DeadcellenceWed Nov 13 1991 14:424
    I've noticed it's faster too. Don't know if that's due to organization. 
    I'm not organized by trade but play one at work?
    
    dave
5.9VMPIRE::CLARKhonor vets - wage peaceWed Nov 13 1991 15:442
The notesfile used to be on CSCMA, didn't it?  NECSC is a faster system, or
closer to youse guys, maybe
5.10OCTOBR::GRABAZS_...plays a golden-stringed fiddleWed Nov 13 1991 16:5012
	about the number of notes...didn't the moderators and some
	of the rest of us do an extensive cleanup of the file before
	the old version was shut down?  I know that I went thru and deleted
	a LOT of my old garbage replies...but I think moderators went thru
	and deleted complete notes and all their replies...

	but, anyways, whatever the numbers, I agree, it is MUCH easier to
	get to some of the more important things REAL fast...

	Debess

5.11SPICE::PECKARNot the MamaWed Nov 13 1991 16:585
Debess is right. A great deal of notes in grateful_old were purged before the 
archive.  However, certain topics in this version have been purged as well. 

Fog
5.12DEDHED::SpineTom SpineThu Apr 23 1992 13:3019
Oh dear and grateful moderators,

Dontcha think it might be useful to have a reserved not for the trade of
non-Dead tix?

We do have topic 20, which is "Grateful Dead Tickets: plea/beg/buy/sell/swap".

But we don't have a designated "place" fer doing the same fer non-Dead
tix.  I know that one non-Grateful-reader just a little while ago went
to offer Neil Young tix in this notefile, but he gave up because he found
only topic 20 and figgured that was all there was.

And me, i just went looking fer a place to put my offer of merl&knot tix...
and ended up putting it in MusicHappenings.  Closest match I could find!

So how about it, oh dear and grateful moderators -- can we have a reserved
"Non Dead Tickets: plea/beg/buy/sell/swap" topic?

organized_noter_tms
5.13LEDS::MRNGDU::YETTOchild of countless dreamsThu Apr 23 1992 14:069
Hey tms ...

I was sure we did - so I checked and we do (note 83).  The thing is, it only
has 4 replies so apparently we've all forgotten it's there.  I'll move your 
note there, if I can find it......

Lisa