Hello all,
After some thought, I've come to the conclusion that Commons should setup a separate user lists for the Math group. While I am in agreement that the Commons is best served by sharing a "Development" list, I've come to the conclusion that it is not best served when it comes to "User" lists. Take the following example for instance:
The Math group attracts both external user/developers who specifically are Mathematicians/Statisticians. This external group is a specialized niche of individuals who are interested solely in how the math project can benefit them. They are interested in how the algorithms are implemented and the stability of those algorithms. This means that they are not going to want to participate in the list if they are flooded with emails about every other subproject in the commons, they are not going to want to have to deal with filtering the emails coming to the list and some may not be very knowledgeable in this area either. These are individuals who want to track the status of the Math project only, interacting to provide better algorithms and approaches, a subject matter which users of other commons components may not have an interest in, so flooding the commons user list with these discussion wouldn't be beneficial either.
Assuming the lowest common denominator of "filter your messages or go away" is not a positive stance to take when it comes to users, users with which an "Open Source Project" needs to maximize its involvement with. I think we would like to setup a separate email list for the math project with the focus being it only is a user list oriented toward discussion on how to use the math library and recommendations for algorithm improvement.
With this in mind, I recommend that math be able to establish a user list for users to discuss these sort of math issues.
-Mark
-- Mark R. Diggory Software Developer Harvard MIT Data Center http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu
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