Piya, since you have pointed out about the participation rate, which
I think is an important part of modern management, I have gathered
some statistics which is only visible to the moderator. I hope you
will find this useful and perhaps put forward some suggestions on how
to improve participation.
Membership: 229
No. receiving individual emails/daily digest: 116
No. receiving special notices: 12
No. receiving no emails: 101
From the statistics, 116 (50.66%) members are receiving the emails.
12 members have chosen to receive email messages only when there are
important updates from the moderator [Only mails from the moderator
and marked as a Special Notice will be sent to them]. The remaining
101 (44.10%) choose not to receive email. I believe a good number of
them read the emails by visiting the group's site regularly, while
others may visit less frequently, however there is no way to track
them.