The list is currently open for anyone to join. That'll change if it becomes a problem, but for now the idea is to make it easy for anyone who wants to hang out to get in and signup. I like to keep things simple:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlant...ebmasters/join
Members list isn't visible, didn't want anyone to be able to grab emails THAT easily. Yahoo even has a way to post to the group while hiding your email, though I haven't tried it. It's enabled if anyone wants to use it.
If anyone spams the list, we'll just feed table snacks to spambot. If it becomes a problem, we'll lock it down tighter.
And kathi's right, we've pretty well proven we're all stubborn about being stuck in our ways as far as the boards and folders we frequent, so it's just another way to try to network the locals.
If it works, great! If not, well hell, we're out the 5 minutes it took to set it up.