Broadcast has been in use for a lot longer than the ubiquitious internet has existed. When I joined the SCA the broadcasts were in the newsletters or by people standing up at barony meeting and asking. I learned the "ask personally if you want to get stuff done" lesson very early. Yes, also broadcast to pick up the people you don't know to ask, but the personal contact is still important.
Today I see requests on the baronial mailing list -- and people still put them in the newsletters and stand up at barony meeting. The smart ones also ask for individual help. I haven't seen the big changes that you apparently have.
The big change I've seen is the assumption that people have seen the electronic broadcast. (And, of course, as member-originated spam increases, the odds of that decrease.) People looking for help still cover all the easy bases because they have a stake in it; people disseminating information, on the other hand, sometimes stop at the mailing list or, worse yet, the completely-unofficial channels like LJ. Putting the event menu in your LJ does not count as publishing it to the barony. (You aren't required to publish it, of course, but if you intend to you should actually do so.)
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Date: 2006-10-04 02:57 am (UTC)Today I see requests on the baronial mailing list -- and people still put them in the newsletters and stand up at barony meeting. The smart ones also ask for individual help. I haven't seen the big changes that you apparently have.
The big change I've seen is the assumption that people have seen the electronic broadcast. (And, of course, as member-originated spam increases, the odds of that decrease.) People looking for help still cover all the easy bases because they have a stake in it; people disseminating information, on the other hand, sometimes stop at the mailing list or, worse yet, the completely-unofficial channels like LJ. Putting the event menu in your LJ does not count as publishing it to the barony. (You aren't required to publish it, of course, but if you intend to you should actually do so.)