Or if their regional mailing list could send the main list a digest email. Or something.
-Ross. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Frumkin, Jeremy <frumk...@u.library.arizona.edu> wrote: > And by 'end case' of course I meant 'edge case'. > > -- jaf > > > On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:26 PM, Frumkin, Jeremy wrote: > > Seems a bit complex to me. I'd be happy if people just remembered to announce > things on the main list, such as "we're holding this here event", and/or "if > you are interested in this event, sign up on this related discussion list". > I'm not a big fan of architecting to an end case, and it feels like that's > what this is. > > > -- jaf > > > On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > We are stuck between two problems, with some people thinking only one of > these is/would be a problem, and others not caring at all either way: > > * Local conference/meetup planning chatter overwhelms the listserv when it's > on the main listserv > * People don't find out about local conferences/meetups they are interested > in when local chatter is somewhere else. > > My first thought is, gee, this really calls for some kind of threaded "forum" > software, where people can subscribe to only the threads they want. But then > I remember, a) that kind of software always sucks, and b) there must be a > better "web 2.0y" way to do it. > > Just as hypothetical brainstorming, what if we did this: > > 1. Local code4lib groups are "required" (ie, strongly strongly strongly > encouraged, we can't really require anyone to do anything) to, if they have a > local listserv at all, have it listserv in some place that: > a) Has _publically viewable archives_ > b) Has an RSS-or-Atom feed of those archives, which requires no > authentication to subscribe to > [Google groups is one very easy way to get both those things, but certainly > not the only one] > 2. All those local listservs are listed on a wiki page, which local groups > are "required" to add their listserv to. > 3. We set up a "planet" aggregator of all those listserv's RSS. > > 4. Profit! That is, now: * People can sign up for an individual listserv > they want, if they want. * People can view the up-to-date 'archives' of an > individual listserv on the web if they want; * people can view the up-to-date > 'archives' of the _aggregated_ C4L Local communication, via the aggregator. > Using one of many free on the web RSS-to-email services, people can sign up > for an email subscription for the AGGREGATED C4L Local traffic, getting what > some want to get with just one more subscription. > > That last part about the RSS-to-email thing is important for our > 'requirements', but is the kind of sketchiest. Potentially better is if we > write our OWN RSS-to-email service (maybe that will only allow subscriptions > to the C4L Aggregator or one of it's components), which we know will work > okay, and which does some clever mail header munging so hitting "reply to > all" on an email you get from the aggregator rss-to-email will send your > message to the original listserv, so you really can treat your aggregator > subscription just like a listserv if you want. > > > Just brainstorming here. > > Jonathan > > ________________________________________ > From: Code for Libraries [code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Gabriel > Farrell [gsf...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 4:47 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North planning continues > > I'm hoping to attend the upcoming code4libnorth meeting because I > heart Canada, but I'd rather not join yet another mailing list. If it > gets canceled or something tell us on this list or put it on the wiki > page, please? > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Walker, David > <dwal...@calstate.edu<mailto:dwal...@calstate.edu>> wrote: > I'm not on that conference list, so don't really know how much traffic it > gets. > > But it seems to me that, since these regional conferences are mostly being > held at different times of the year from the main conference, the overlap > would be minimal. > > Or not. I don't know. > > --Dave > > ================== > David Walker > Library Web Services Manager > California State University > http://xerxes.calstate.edu<http://xerxes.calstate.edu/> > ________________________________________ > From: Code for Libraries [code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of William > Denton [...@pobox.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 7:45 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North planning continues > > On 8 April 2010, Walker, David quoted: > > I think a good compromise is to have local meeting > conversations on the code4libcon google group. > > That list is for organizing the main conference, with details about > getting rooms, food, shuttle buses, hotel booking agents, who can MC > Thursday afternoon, etc. Mixing that with organizational details *and* > general discussion about all local chapter meetings would confuse > everything, I think. > > Bill > -- > William Denton, Toronto : miskatonic.org<http://miskatonic.org/> > www.frbr.org<http://www.frbr.org/> openfrbr.org<http://openfrbr.org/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Jeremy Frumkin > Assistant Dean / Chief Technology Strategist > University of Arizona Libraries > > +1 520.626.7296 > frumk...@u.library.arizona.edu<mailto:frumk...@u.library.arizona.edu> > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts > can be counted."—Albert Einstein > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Jeremy Frumkin > Assistant Dean / Chief Technology Strategist > University of Arizona Libraries > > +1 520.626.7296 > frumk...@u.library.arizona.edu<mailto:frumk...@u.library.arizona.edu> > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts > can be counted."—Albert Einstein >
