I don't feel that maintaining security at that level is truly plausible at a lopsa-like level. In particular, how do you exclude Jo and Bob from both joining the list, when Bob is a senior sysadmin which is also Jo's supervisor? ;-)
In short, I would suggest a basic review or recommend could get you on the list and everyone keep in mind that nothing said on the internet is truly safe. Some jerk could always archive the list themselves and then expose it to the 'net. But someplace where queries like: how do you like working at this place? won't hit the top of google results would be nice. On Dec 9, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Derek Balling wrote: > Having participated in one or two of this style lists in the past, it is > REALLY hard to maintain something like this. Here's some of the ways it > "needs" to work in order to survive: > > - It has to be invite only, so that your boss doesn't randomly subscribe to it > - People have to be 'vetted' in some fashion, including but not limited to > the list-populace approving each person who is a candidate for being added, > this leads to: > - Generally folks need to be sponsored by an existing member, someone to make > the case to the populace why this new person should be brought into the circle > - There have to be strict codes of confidentiality > - Sometimes that confidentiality has to be broken. (For instance, perhaps one > person in talking about how their employer X does business puts a person who > works for employer Y in a position where they have a legal obligation to > notify their employer that "Employer X is screwing us over in this fashion.") > - The very existence of the list is generally denied to any outsiders. > Otherwise, people become bombarded with requests to be let into the circle. > > It *can* be done, but I don't think it's anywhere near as close to easy as > you might think it is. And you already broke the last rule. :-) > > D > > > > On Dec 9, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Jo Rhett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> After a very interesting chat with some colleagues, it brought up the need >> for a "private" place for the kind of hallway conversations that can only >> happen at conferences or bars right now. >> >> I'm wondering if other people would be interested in a closed list for >> discussing employers and job opportunities? This closed list would be useful >> for inquiring about others have work or have worked at companies, and how >> they feel about the place and/or discussions about how to productively >> introduce new ideas into a company. >> >> -- >> Jo Rhett >> Net Consonance : net philanthropy to improve open source and internet >> projects. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ > -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : net philanthropy to improve open source and internet projects. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
