Elizabeth Matthis wrote: > Despite the good reasons posted here, I feel like Vitor and > Louis. I wonder if the proposed EN_NL is not too global in > and of itself----I mean how do you coordinate local, > "grassroots" activities on a single EN-NL list for > Australia, Ireland, England and Cananda, for example?
French is also global. It convers countries in Europe, Africa, Latin America and one Canadian province. I don't think that the word "local" is intended as a physical location, but as a linguistic locality. AFAICT, the NLC is not meant to reflect geographical divisions. Notice also that the NLC furiously avoids using flags or other national symbols. > That way, people who live in one region can avoid a flood of mail that > does not relate to their region or particular variation of English. I don't know how the French team deals with this issue. I guess you can have sub-lists for that: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc. > I admit that I would appreciate it if the planning of > regional conferences were no longer on the Marketing.dev > list so that I don't have to keep deleting mail irrelevant > to me and my regions of choice. AFAICT that would be the principal effect of an English NL. > At the same time, it is easier to gather feedback and thoughts that > help me do my job better if the number of English mailing lists does > not rise. But we don't want to hold back the number of English lists. This point is independent of an NL project. We should have precisely the number of lists that allow discussion to be most efficient. > I consider the current English lists the places where > I get feedback on the English version of OOo, so I try to > follow discussions there. What kind of feedback? You mean like whether it works well or not? A lot of English discussion is not pertinent to that. It'd be good to have those on separate lists. Like for example, planning a conference in San Diego. Or all the stuff that goes on at social. So I think more separation would be good, so you don't subscribe to lists that are not pertinent to you. > On this same note, a single EN-NL that incorporates all > variations of English would drive be batty because I only > have time to take care of US-American English. You could subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] only :-) Your concerns are good, but I think they should be addressed by asking Ryan and Ian to setup the En project in a way that works for you. Not by not having such a project. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
