Sooo you're saying the biggest issue is truculence on the administrators' parts? ;)
On 8 April 2013 09:53, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree - I hate it when conversations are derailed by people yelling > "bikeshed!" or "dead horse!" - sometimes discussions are useful to have, > even if they're long. And I typically take everybody's opinions into > account. > > The biggest issue with the members mailing list is that it's a lot of > extra work for me and/or mak to maintain, and neither of us thinks it's > useful enough to do. :) > > Ron > > On 2013-04-08 09:16, Justin Lacko wrote: > > I don't see the point in pointing out what is bikeshedding and what > isn't. > > Everyone has different concerns - even if their point isn't direct, > they're > > putting in the effort to try and explain their opinion and we should try > > and respect that. > > > > There's probably nothing wrong with having a members-only list where > topics > > would be left up to the members; and having a public discuss list where > > topics would also be left up to the members (and associated subscribers). > > > > I think some of the concerns of having such a list are being blown way > out > > of proportion. Has anything *that important* ever been discussed on the > > mailing list? :P (I ask this half-jokingly, as I'm sure there are a few > > topics people could think of.) > > > > > > On 8 April 2013 08:43, Alex Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hurray for bikeshedding! > > > > > > On 04/08/13 01:56, Roswyne wrote: > > > > Certainly: we maintain a website, blog, Flickr, Twitter, etc. to > have a > > > > public face. > > > > > > > > My question was simply: is a mailing list a good addition to that > public > > > > face, or are there other advantages to having a members-only list > that we > > > > might want to consider? > > > > > > > > You've mentioned many advantages to making your new list > members-only... > > > > yet I think that list would look better to the public than this > one... > > > > > > > > On Apr 8, 2013 1:26 AM, "Mak Kolybabi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On 2013-04-07 22:51, Roswyne wrote: > > > >>> What I don't understand is this urge for openness. We are a private > > > club: > > > >>> I'm happy we want to be open with members, but I feel no > requirement to > > > >> be > > > >>> open with non-members. > > > >> > > > >> Being open, publicly, buys us a lot. It keeps our heads in the > correct, > > > >> accurate > > > >> context. It helps us interact with the community. It helps us > attract > > > >> members. > > > >> It helps us dispel the myths, prejudices, and FUD that come part and > > > >> parcel with > > > >> the term 'hacker'[1]. Anyone that spends half-an-hour on the > Internet > > > can > > > >> get an > > > >> accurate picture of who we are and what we're about, which is great > > > >> marketing[2]. > > > >> > > > >> If I could offer you only one tip for the future, > sunscreen^wopenness > > > >> would be it[3]. > > > >> > > > >> [1] Not to mention the fact that we're all a bit weird. > > > >> [2] Excuse me as I take a silkwood shower for saying the m-word. > > > >> [3] http://www.lyricscrawler.com/song/3953.html > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Mak Kolybabi > > > >> <[email protected]> > > > >> > > > >> () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail > > > >> /\ www.asciiribbon.org | Against proprietary extensions > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > > >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > > >> Archive: > https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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