Kudos to those who have conquered TARGET/HIT and won :-)

["Rita Kaikow (Oceanside High School)" <K12OCKZR@VAXC.HOFSTRA.EDU>]

I would like to take this opportunity to commend all of you who are opting to
use the TARGET process and willing to compile the responses for the entire net.
It certainly cuts down on the mail traffic and is a terrific means of helping
others organize too.

In case you have no idea what I am talking about, let me include the following:

>From:  IN%"pmilbur@eis.calstate.edu"  "Peter Milbury" 23-MAR-1994 21:46:55.17
>
>TARGET/HIT->  AN INNOVATIVE LM_NET DISCUSSION TOOL
>
>   Your LM_NET moderators are encouraging an additional way to focus our
>   discussions, and make them more valuable in the process.  This may seem
>   a bit more formal than is common on most lists, but it will serve us well
>   as we grow (we now have 1,500+ people reading the list.) We recommend
>   that members specifically TARGET-> their queries, and use a HIT-> summary
>   to share their responses received.
>
>   That is, when someone wants information about a topic (e.g., online
>   catalogs), they would ask for people to respond to them directly, and
>   after a period of time, post a summary or compilation of responses. The
>   originator of the TARGET-> question uses that term in the subject line of
>   the initial question that is posted to the entire list.
>
>   For example,  "TARGET-> Choosing Online Catalogs - March 1993." would
>   appear in the subject line of the message.  In the body of the message the
>   person might say something like the following:
>     "Hi, this is Mike Eisenberg.  I would like to TARGET-> Choosing Online
>   Catalogs.  I'd like to find out how others on LM_NET are choosing their
>   Online Catalogs.  If people will respond to me, I'll compile your
>   responses and post A HIT-> on the topic back to the entire LM_NET."
>
>   Then, when enough responses are collected, the originator summarizes
>   or compiles the responses, and posts the TARGET-> topic summary as a HIT->
>   so everyone on the list can read, _if_ they are interested. This is a
>   terrific way to add value to the list.  And it will cut down on some of
>   the extra traffic.  It also still allows for stimulating discussions
>   about key issues.
>
>   The TARGET/HIT-> approach is particularly effective when someone has a
>   specific question that needs a variety of suggestions, experiences,
>   practices or sources.  It is not _always_ appropriate.  The intent of
>   TARGET/HIT-> is to make LM_NET more valuable to its growing list of
>   members.
>
>SUMMARY:  TARGET/HIT-> is a four-step process:
>
>   1.  The TARGET-> originator proposes the subject for answering/commenting.
>       i.e., TARGET-> Choosing Online Catalogs.
>
>   2.  Those interested in the subject send their responses to the
>       _originator_ of the TARGET-> question. Please do NOT post the
>       response to the group.
>
>   3.  TARGET-> originator summarizes or collates the responses, and then,
>
>   4.  Posts the summarized responses to the entire list, using the original
>       subject of their message as a HIT->.
>       i.e., HIT-> Choosing Online Catalogs.
>
>   Thank you for your support of this innovation for Internet discussions.
>
>   We hope your comments and questions, observations and ideas will be shared
>with the entire LM_NET list. If you have any questions about LM_NET, please
>feel free to contact either of us.
>
>Virtually,
>
>Mike Eisenberg  (MIKE@ERICIR.SYR.EDU)
>Peter Milbury   (PMILBUR@CTP.ORG)
>


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Oceanside High School                 |    FROM                    YORK
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