It is usually the case that the initial project assignments are modified during the process of bands and email.
Students are responsible for instructions provided in email as well as in class.
Only mail posted to this list is eligible for credit. The email demonstrates not only that you have read the assigned readings, but that you can extrapolate from the readings to the particular requirements of the class project. This is brainstorming, which means that you say what you think and support it with brief reference to the readings. The form and style of email have not yet been set. The posts are archived and by the end of the semester there could be quite a few of them.