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The Australian Ceramics Association Email Discussion List aims to facilitate direct discussion amongst Association members and other site visitors. You may have a technical question (or an answer); you might want to trace the maker or origins of a favourite ceramic piece; you may have some news to share or an issue to raise; you may be seeking a studio employment opportunity in Australia. If so, this Discussion List is for you.

Use it to post your questions, enquiries and replies. Joining is free and participation will enable you to draw on the collected wisdom of those similarly interested in Australian Ceramics.

**You must join the Discussion list BEFORE you can post to the list.**

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Discussion list FAQ

Who reads my replies?

When you reply to a list message that you have received with your daily emails, you are not replying directly to the sender - you are sending the message to the whole list, all 400(+) of those who have subscribed thus far. Think of it as a big party line where everyone listens in to every conversation.

Can I reply to someone from the list privately?

If you want to reply to someone directly (off-list) ie you don't want everyone to read your message, you have to manually put their address into a new message.

Is their an etiquette regarding lists like this?

Yes - in order to preserve clarity and efficiency it pays to never quote the entire original message (or digest!) back to the list. If you keep doing it over and over it just increases the size of the messages and eventually makes them unreadable. Learn how to work with your email program and quote selectively in your replies by editing out all the rubbish in the header and footer - then edit out all in the message that you don't want to address. Try to keep the language and postings family friendly. Don't reply to a digest without changing the subject to match that of the individual message you are responding to.

It is also very important to send all emails to the list in plain text only. This is for the benefit of those subscribers who receive the list via digest (once daily), if the message is sent with coloured text or backgrounds it appears as lengthy code - not as the sender intended. So make sure your email software is set to send emails as plain text. 

How do I get off the list?

All the information you need to post to the list, be taken off the list, or switch mode is included with every message (at the top). Or you can send an 'unsubscribe' submission using the form on the ACA website. Please don't send unsubscribe notices to the list.

Finally most of all have fun and enjoy trying out this new medium, use it to communicate messages about events etc, to ask technical questions (any questions for that matter) just to say hello and realise that there are a lot of others just like you out there in Australia and beyond...

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Judith Pearce said:

It would be useful to have a link to the discussion list archives from this page as people don't have to join to browse the archives.

August 09, 2011

Andrew Widdis. said:

Could you please take a minute to fill out a survey for me. I am happy to share my findings with you. No names or e-mail addresses are required. Ceramic tableware perceptions. A survey. www.surveymonkey.com I will link to the resultsin a few days (if I can). Again, no names, e-mail addresses (or personal details) are requested for this survey.

April 11, 2011

Sophie Endersbee said:

Dear talented ceramicist, I am opening a shop in Sydney in 6 weeks and we are including a tea garden. We wish to showcase teas from all over the world and serve them in unique hand made tea pots and tea cups, some of which may be specific to a particular type of tea. The tea ware and accessories will available for sale to customers also. The concepts of our store is socially ethical and sustainable design and living. For more information on our humanitarian projects, please ask. Otherwise, I would love to see some tea sets- don't be shy! Sincerely, Sophie Endersbee The r.e.a.l Store email me with PDFs at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

August 04, 2010

Benalla Ceramic Mural said:

Calling all potters and community artists who participated in the 27 year epic are invited to register. Be part of the official register of participants. Be informed of opening events planned for November 5th and 6th. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with your details. Look forward to hearing from you.

July 26, 2010

Grant said:

Yes - but that would be a Forum.....! http://www.australianceramics.com/home/index.php/component/option,com_nicetalk/Itemid,61/

September 23, 2009

Louise Sass said:

A face book page or something similar would make the discussion list much easier to read, respond to and follow threads of conversation without skipping through several different concurrent threads of discussion. Wish I knew how to build such a thing!

September 23, 2009

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