[MOSAIC] Off Topic Math discussion - Closing

[Keith Mack]

I was working today and just returned to my home office. I was  blown away
by all the interest in the Math thread - over 20 posts in ~12 hours. I was
doubly glad to see Jennifer chime in (as she should have) about staying true
to the list mission.

I know that there were great info and ideas on the math topic, but my
experience is that we have to be really careful when going on "bird walks".
A short one is no big deal, but any that generate huge interest could
snowball into a permanent math "niche". Then if we allow Math, what's to
stop science, music, art, politics (gasp!), etc.? 

The "off topic" posts become a HUGE BURDEN to our members on digest as they
have to wade through the messages one at a time with no sorting ability. 

Obviously you can tell I'm with Jennifer and Ginger with the idea that this
list stay true to its mission. You can read more about the group mission at:
http://readinglady.com/mosaic/. 

If there's interest, I can certainly create a separate list for those of you
wanting to form a "Math Group" or a book talk (as mentioned), or even a
"General Elementary" or "Self Contained" that is open to all topics. Please
contact me off list if you want to set something like this up.

So I urge you to please let the Math topic die away. I'm sure we'll see a
bunch more posts as people come back to check email Sunday or Monday. 

Thanks,

Keith Mack
Web Administrator for Mosaic List