I feel I have understood a lot of what concerns the islanders and their
point of view and i hope they have had a look at our concerns too. On the
whole a valuable and interesting contact.
Nina Rao


On 08/10/2007, Pankaj Andaman <psekhsaria@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Dear Friends,
> This month, October 2007, brings two important milestones for
> the andamanicobar ediscussion group which many of you have been part of
> for a very long time.
>
> October 2003 was the month when the egroup was initiated and this month
> marks four years of its existence. The group also recently saw its
> membership go past the number of a 1000 for the first time.
>
> As of today the egroup has 1016 members. Statistics show that over the
> last four years 3211 messages have been posted on the egroup which means
> a little more than 2 messages per day on an average. At times, of course
> it has been much more and the one most notable illustration of this is
> the month of January 2005 - the immediate aftermath of the tsunami of
> December 2004. There were 263 messages posted in that month. There can
> be no doubting the fact that that period was one of the most important
> in the recent history of the islands for more reasons than one interest
> in what is happening here surged around the world.
>
> A look back at the postings also give an interesting insight into what
> has happened in the islands - and how much things are just the same. One
> of the earliest postings on the group was a Hindustan Times Article on,
> you would have perhaps guessed it, 'the threat of tourism development to
> the islands and the indigenous peoples there'. (I am sending that
> article by a separate posting as well).
>
> The last four years as the moderator of the egroup has, for me, been a
> very educative and insightful experience. Egroups, as we all know, have
> a tendency of quickly spinning out of control with both the volume of
> emails and more importantly with lack of focus and relevance. In the
> case of this egroup, however, I feel we've managed to avoid that pitfall
> and the moderator has had to step in only in a miniscule of cases. The
> credit for this goes mainly to the members who have kept their postings
> and opinions focused to the islands and related matters.
>
> I do hope that the egroup has in some way contributed to understanding
> the issues of the islands, primarily as a information and opinion
> sharing platform.
>
> It will be nice to hear from members of what they feel about the egroup,
> its working, its relevance, what are the challenges that we face and
> what more can perhaps be done within the limitations that a forum of
> this kind has.
>
> many thanks
> Pankaj
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