Nick Arnett wrote: > I'd like to dispel this immediately, since I think I know what you're > talking about. Due to the need to move the list from Cornell soon, I > installed new software on my server (Mailman) to host Brin-l. Having used > at least six different MLMs over the years, I've learned not to trust new > software until it has been thoroughly tested. I asked a few people to do > so, while Julia and I test the administrative functions. Julia also invited > a few people. There are about a dozen who have agreed to participate. > > As anyone might expect, conversation on the test list has included the topic > of how to prevent the kind of problems Brin-L has been experiencing, since > the transition to the new list will be an opportunity to make a fresh start. > The idea under consideration was suggested by David Brin -- something > similar to AOL's "evilling" points system. I'm looking at implementing > something like that. If I do, we have already said the obvious -- that such > a system will need to be reviewed and agreed upon by the consensus of the > membership periodically. And tweaked as needed. > > If working on a new home for Brin-L is a "conspiracy," then there is one. > > Nick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Erik Reuter > > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 9:26 AM > > To: BRIN-L > > Subject: Beware off-list conspiracies! > > > > > > I would have thought that some people would have learned a lesson about > > off-list conspiracies, even if they mean well. The whole Kristin/Brin > > thing showed how those things can go wrong even when everyone means > > well. > > > > I think you should ask yourself exactly why you think something cannot > > be discussed on the list. > > Because the new list has to be tested on the new list software and server. > Otherwise, it wouldn't be a test. (Had this been an actual list, you would > have been instructed where to tune...) > > Nick
Although I can understand it, I still think you should either have totally kept it a secret or made the whole thing accesible or at the very least put transcripts up. As it stands now it is neither inspiring faith in the new list nor is it helpfull to the current crisis. Sonja
