Subject: Re: UNSUBSCRIBE - Why the list From: Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:14:41 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Psychoacoustics is not my primary field. I find everything on this list to be of value. I retain about 400 postings per year. Each year, I repost about 40 - 60 postings to the [more general] electroacoustic [music] community, passing information and ideas on to another up to 750 [or more] people who work in the cognate discipline of electroacoustic studies [high art electroacoustics / composition included]. Job posting and conference announcements here inform large numbers of undergraduates as to the reach of the field of sound study. For items which do not have sustained interest, I find the DELETE key is quick and reliable. Kevin On 2012, Mar 24, at 9:39 PM, Al Bregman wrote: > Hi Everybody, > May I make the following suggestion to deal with the objection of some > list members to receiving job notices? People who were posting a job > or position opening could start the Subject line of their posting with > the phrase "Position available". Those who didn't want to look at > such postings could just set up a filter in their email programs to > delete messages whose subject line contained this phrase or direct > such messages to a separate folder. > Best, > Al > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Albert S. Bregman, Emeritus Professor > Psychology Department, McGill University > 1205 Doctor Penfield Avenue > Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1B1. > Office: Phone: (514) 398-6103, Fax: (514) 398-4896 > http://webpages.mcgill.ca/staff/Group2/abregm1/web/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Bruno L. Giordano > <bruno.giordano@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Some numbers are never a bad idea. >> >> Barry is right in observing an accelerating job-posting trend (see figure; >> 2012 is rough expected number of messages with either job or position or >> professor in subject). I was expecting a valley of death around 2008, but I >> see only a tiny meaningless dip. >> >> This trend is comforting to myself and to many individuals: I do hope it >> keeps up, at least until I find my dream job ;-) >> >> Bruno >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Bruno L. Giordano, PhD >> Voice Neurocognition Laboratory (CCNi, Glasgow Univ) & >> Affiliate member of Music Research Dept. (McGill Univ, Montréal) >> URL: http://www.brunolgiordano.net >> >> >> On 24/03/2012 10:42 PM, Marcelo Caetano wrote: >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> I don`t want to be rude or create any problems, but I happen to think >>> that if someone just wants to leave the list, all the person needs to do >>> is follow the instructions onhttp://www.auditory.org/ (copied below for >>> >>> reference). I had the impression that Barry also wanted us to know the >>> reason he chose to leave. Even though I don`t think this alone is a >>> reason for remarks, I do believe it to be a good topic for discussion. >>> Marcelo >>> >>> PS. In time, I found my current postdoc position here >>> >>> >>> Joining and leaving the AUDITORY list >>> >>> By joining the AUDITORY email list, you will receive all the postings >>> via email, and you will be able to contribute to the discussions. You >>> can join the list by filling in the form on the AUDITORY membership >>> questionnaire <http://www.auditory.org/dpwe-bin/audform>. >>> >>> Subscribed members can leave the AUDITORY list, or modify their current >>> details (including email address) by visiting their private AUDITORY >>> information edit page, and selecting the "no messages" option at the >>> bottom of that page. Please refer to the message you received when >>> joining the list for the URL of the edit page, or you can contact me to >>> retrieve it for you >>> >>