Hey hackers!
I've been watching the mailing lists very closely for some time now, and
have noticed a general uptrend in the volume of email sent to the
discuss list. Sometimes we get offtopic and go off on tangents about
toast, or other topics which are fun to talk about, but are ultimately
irrelevant to the space itself. Usually, this isn't a problem, but for
someone who is interested in the space, but not the minutiae of every
little bit of day-to-day operations, it can quickly turn into an
overwhelming amount of email.
Today, I'm asking for input on how we should proceed with the mailing
lists. As you may know, we currently have 5 lists, two of which are
public, one semipublic, and two private. [email protected] and
[email protected] are the two that everyone knows about. Members may
know that they are automatically subscribed to [email protected].
Board members are subscribed to [email protected] and us sysadmin folk
are members of [email protected].
My recommendation is to create an "offtopic" list, which would have very
very lax rules on what can be posted. Anything you want to chat about.
Want to debate why the RubberDucks is a terrible team name and the Aeros
was WAY better? Sure, no problem. Got a pothole on Market street that
irks you every day? Have at it. Joke threads? Toast? No problem. The
other side to this idea is that the discuss list would have some basic
rules imposed that mean that any topics to the discuss list would be
required to be relevant to the space itself. Projects occurring at the
space would be relevant topics, open hours discussion, meeting minutes, etc.
So, let me know what you guys think. I'm not officially proposing this,
but we may chat about it at the next meeting as a discussion topic,
because it would fundamentally mean we change how the mailing lists are
organized and structured.
Thanks,
Chris
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