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To: jbe who wrote (1115)	7/31/1999 4:12:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2340

Well, I would say in the future SI should identify 10 "key" users like yourself and take their input and go. Bear in mind that is a tough role since when the site goes live it is these users that get pummeled and not the engineering team. But 10 people can usually agree and discuss matters among themselves whereas when the entire user community is offering input its a real zoo.

To: jbe who wrote (1115)	7/31/1999 8:23:00 PM
From: PCModem	Respond to of 2340

"And if they just dropped useful features by accident, then what were their priorities?" It has been my observation that generally speaking those who create systems do not also use those systems on a regular basis. People engineer buildings (shopping malls, housing tracts, etc) which they will never use on a regular basis; programmers create word processing programs (GUI's, browsers, etc.) even though they don't use those programs (I realize there are major exceptions to this, that's why I said "generally speaking"). My point: You asked about priorities. Obviously the people in question are not paying members like you and I. You cannot expect them to have the same priorities as we have regarding use, usefulness and utility of the system they are creating but which we will use. PCM