Andrew Miller wrote: > Hi, > > There has been some discussion recently about how best to handle local > CellML addresses (which can be used by local groups with an interest in > CellML to arrange meetings and hold other discussions which are purely > local in scope and not of interest to the broader CellML community). >
Something I didn't think of before... surely most other groups already have a mailing list that serves their group's interest anyway... What would make it worthwhile for them to actually swap over to an official cellml list? > At the University of Auckland, we have a list for the Auckland CellML > team. However, I feel that some of the discussion on that list would > probably better occur on the cellml-discussion mailing list (or another > more public forum). After discussing this at our Auckland CellML group > meeting, it was suggested that perhaps similar issues are arising at > other localised groups working on CellML. To this end, we came up with a > rough proposal (which I expand on below) which I hope will help both the > Auckland group and other groups using CellML to collaborate. > > Please note that this is just a proposal, and I would welcome feedback > on how we can improve it. I would be especially interested to hear > opinions from other groups outside Auckland using CellML. > > Proposal: > " > 1) Groups can request <location>@cellml.org mailing lists. > a) Any group which is working on a CellML related project may [follow > some procedure which needs to be decided] to request a mailing list for > discussion of location specific matters related to their CellML project. > b) The e-mail address requested shall follow the format > <location>@cellml.org, where <location> is replaced with a short word, > phrase, or abbrevation which describes the geographical location of the > group concerned. > c) The location name should be sufficient to uniquely distinguish the > group from other separate groups that may wish to work on CellML. List > names are subject to review to ensure that they are unlikely to conflict > with another group or cause confusion. > > 2) Location-specific mailing lists to have open membership and be > publicly archived. > a) Any person may join any location-specific mailing list without > moderator approval, regardless of their actual geographic location. > b) All location-specific mailing lists shall have a publicly readable > archive, hosted at cellml.org. > > 3) Scope and posting rules for location-specific mailing lists. > a) All messages posted to location-specific mailing lists must be > related in some way to CellML, or to tools which process CellML, or to > the operation of groups with an interest in CellML. Some degree of > leeway should be afforded by cellml.org administrators here, as long as > the list is not being used as a free hosting service for work not even > vaguely related CellML. > b) Message posters are strongly encouraged to send messages which may > be of broader interest to the cellml-discussion list rather than to the > location-specific address. > c) The location-specific mailing lists must not be used for > information which is of a private or confidential nature (after all, it > is an open membership list with a public archive). > d) All posters to location-specific mailing lists agree that their > messages may be further distributed (with attribution to them), > including by forwarding to the cellml-discussion list or by inclusion in > public bug-trackers (and also agree to the translation of their messages > into another language). > e) The location-specific groups may establish their own additional > posting rules by their normal decision-making process, as long as these > posting rules do not conflict with the general rules described here. > These posting rules may include (without limitation) the scope of the > list, who is allowed to post to the list (but not who can subscribe) and > how often, and the permitted language(s) of any posts to the list. > > 4) Administration and moderation of location-specific mailing lists. > a) Each location-specific group shall determine their own process for > the control of their own mailing lists, and their nominated > administrator will be provided with a password allowing them access to > the administrative interface. > b) Group designated administrators are free to change the settings of > the groups location-specific CellML mailing list (after changes are > approved through the appropriate local decision-making processes). > However, they must not make changes which cause the mailing list > archives to be no longer public, or which cause the list to require > moderator approval before allowing subscriptions. > c) Group designated administrators may also (in accordance with > locally determined policies) subscribe and remove people from their > mailing lists are a service to the person being added or removed. > Administrators may infer that a person wishes to be added or removed > from the mailing list if they are visiting / commencing employment or > leaving the group respectively. However, administrators may not add or > remove any person from the mailing list who does not wish to be added or > removed, as this would prevent the list from being open membership. > d) Group designated administrators may (in accordance with locally > determined policies) use the moderation features of mailman to enforce > the posting rules for the list. > > 5) Transitional measures for the Auckland group: > a) A list [EMAIL PROTECTED] will be created. > b) All members of the list [EMAIL PROTECTED] will > be subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > c) Andrew Miller will be the initial designated administrator of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > d) There will be no initial additional posting rules for > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > e) The [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list will be closed to > new posts after the new list is set up and tested. The archives will > remain as they currently are. > " > > Please let me know what you think. > > Best regards, > Andrew Miller > > _______________________________________________ > cellml-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cellml.org/mailman/listinfo/cellml-discussion _______________________________________________ cellml-discussion mailing list [email protected] http://www.cellml.org/mailman/listinfo/cellml-discussion
