[lug] Ideas to Improve This List

[Nate Duehr]

Don't fix what's not broken.  This whole thing started because of one piece
of spam.

(i.e. We're talking about changing the organization of a group that has
successfully run for years because of one piece of spam to a mailing list
that spawned a side-topic.  Get a grip...)

All the procedures in the world won't stop people from doing silly things on
the mailing list, and the S/N ratio here is already extremely high.  No need
to mess with it.

My $0.02.  (All disclaimers apply, consult your financial advisor before
investing.  This should not be considered a prospectus.)

Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Golder" <purenrg at hiveportal.net>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [lug] Ideas to Improve This List


> On 03-04-17 11:04 -0600, the infamous Facey, Aaron uttered:
> > How about a guideline that suggests subscribers reply to the originator
of
> > the new topic/ issue instead of replying to the entire mail list. Even
> > though many of us filter email, I'd prefer to not receive tons of
messages
> > on some issue unrelated to Linux that fills up my trash - like
politics..
> > Forum or mail list?
> >
> > ***my 2 cents***
> >
>
> I don't know what a good foundation for mailing lists would be because I
> have never seen a LUG or a BSD group decide to extend their group into
> territories that weren't covered by the reason the group was concepted.
> This would be a first for me...
>
> A possible foundation for new lists could be as follows:
> blug -> Anything directly related to Linux such as Q/As (such as this
> very list).  It would also be nice to leave it open to other things such
> as Perl, shell scripting, C/C++ questions... ie. anything that relates
> to the use of Open Source/Free Software.
>
> announce -> Make announcements about socials, meetings, installfest and
> anything else related directly to the groups activities (I find these
> more convenient under something like the blug list though).
>
> executive -> A list to hash out discussions about the groups direction,
> issues like this one, and general administrative hoopla.
>
> open -> A "subscribe at your own risk" list that fosters the
> communication between the individuals of the community... a way to share
> OT discussion with others about anything under the sun including my
> feelings on transhumanism.  ;-)
>
> --
> -Nick Golder
> http://www.hiveportal.net
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