This message is directed to Kelcy but is intended for the entire list! It was of course evident that you oops'd on sending your reply to Amy, but on the other hand, the things you said may have been valuable for the list to hear. People who run big consortial projects are by definition veeeeery busy people (aren't we all?) who could spend their days responding to general inquiries. When you send a message to an open list and don't get much of a response, my advice is to FIRST, make your questions more specific (who has the time to answer the "how has it gone?" question?) so that your respondents have something explicit to focus on, and SECOND, target a few known experts to send your question to personally, asking them also for names of others. But never do the 2nd without first doing the 1st! :) Best to all-- Jackie Dooley

Kelcy Shepherd wrote:

> Earlier today I sent a message to the list that was intended as a personal communication to Amy Cooper. Please excuse my mistake. I guess those two days off for snow have really warped my brain. Sincerely,Kelcy Shepherd _____________________________
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