Hi Dav, I'd disagree, and +1 to Erin to say that it sounds like a East-Southeast Asia list would be really helpful. Having such a list is actually immensely beneficial to community building, even if it initially is 3-6-10 people, just because you have to start somewhere! With the discuss list, in and of itself it has a heap of traffic about all sorts of things up for discussion, which means that people may be hesitant to post region-relevant things/discussion/jobs/chatter as much as they would to a "local" list. I say this as someone in Australia, where the Au/NZ list is IMMENSELY useful as a place to shoot a random email about something relevant to people in the region (looking for helpers/instructors/jobs/region-specific discussion of recognition of researchers who code/random tangental workshops/cool people visiting [this is a real summary of messages from the last ~3 months], but not quite of interest to the broader community - and because it reaches many fewer people, most of whom you know (or are 1-2 degrees of separation from) it's a LOT less daunting, especially for newbie instructors/members of the community (and not so newbie ones as well). It doesn't mean you don't use discuss, it just means you have a local, smaller list, on whom you may end up knowing most of the people, and hence finding it easier to chatter, which can lead to really cool new outcomes for the region. I would totally encourage you to have such a list!!!
In terms of geography, I would suggest using the Wikipedia maps of East and South East Asia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia), perhaps because that may be a geographically feasible area to travel for instructors/helpers (also: Wikipedia :) )? As with all Carpentry lists, it's not that people outside the region can't join the list, it's just that it's a personal opt-in, when they realise that information relevant to the region is relevant to them. Once SWC/DC ramps up in India, I'd think there would be a scope for a separate South Asia list? (Or there might be one already?). With regards to Russia, I haven't seen much interest in the Carpentries there (although I've toyed with the idea of running a workshop when I go back on holiday; off-topic:any other Russian-speaking instructors interested?) - but it would definitely be a branch-off from the European Carpentries, just because most of the academic institutions are clustered toward the West and Centre of the country (i.e. closer/easier to travel to from Europe, not Asia) - although I'm sure a small number of people from Vladivostok would join the East Asia list (not sure about Novosibirsk). In summary, I'd really encourage you to consider a local list - they really are cool and useful, Kind regards, Darya On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 10:48, Dav Clark via discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure I want such a list! Are we generating too much traffic at the > moment? If advocate for a wait and see until there are more than a handful > of people sporadically talking about Asia. That said, three of us are > talking about Japan which is not southeast Asia... So, just asia? But does > that include India? Russia? > > For this lack of clarity also, I'd vote status quo until we have more > activity! > > Best, > Dav > > > > On Sep 26, 2018 1:49 AM, "Erin Becker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Thank you all for getting this conversation going! It seems like it's > about time to create a regional mailing list (or lists) for the South East > Asia Carpentry community. Regional lists can be focused on a small group > (e.g. local-davis, for Carpentry folk in or around Davis, California, USA) > or large (e.g. local-latinoamerica). > > What should the name for this list (or lists) be? > > local-southeastasia > local-asia > local-japan > other?? > > I'll be putting this question out on some of our other channels as well to > get input. Once I hear back from several people, we'll go ahead and create > those lists! > > Looking forward to seeing more discussion from this group. > > Best, > Erin > > > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T988a87bfe5537fd5-M13bc227637b7c4ec67c76aee> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T988a87bfe5537fd5-Me1b0decc248e220f0f3cdd85 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
