I was thinking the same thing. I like the idea of having an 'off-topic' mailing list.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Chris Egeland <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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