Justin wrote: > i like the single mailing list. unfortunately, people get passionate about > their beliefs and feelings get hurt. one thing we (actually, some of us...) > need to do is to tone down our passionate responses and not take everything > so seriously or personally. everybody has their own beliefs and everybody > thinks that they are right.
Balance in all things, including balance. I honestly don't feel that the list content is a big problem. Yes, at times, it's a bit 'much', maybe too geeky, too strident... So? Name me a list that doesn't get that way at times... I agree an announcement only is a good idea, and one we should have. We should also add people to the list, at events, etc... > another problem i feel we (as a group) have is lack of direction. it looks > like seth is planning on changing that. i hope it works. i'd like to > contribute, but sometimes i don't feel knowledgeable enough, or have enough > interest in a project to see it through, or don't feel i have enough time to > spend working with the LUG. If you want to contribute, taking a stand is the first step. Find an itch to scratch like anything else in free software, that's really helps. Do not worry about being 'knowledgable', you will learn more. Time and Interest are the important things and that does require commitment, even if it's not a huge one. > if we have a definite direction and some > leadership, things may turn out better. Well, we've had leadership by default (meaning that nobody expressed interest in otherwise, so we continued as before.... thus my dictatorship for life um... I mean presidency. I have made noises before about someone else taking over... and thus far, nobody seems to want the hotseat. That was/is one of the topics on my discussion list for the meeting... Bob wrote: > > Sorry, Patrick, but IMO netnews is dead and smelly, and nothing but a > > spam haven. The fact that only six people used > > eug.comp.os.linux (sp?) > > is a strong indicator. netnews is dead. It's so far the WRONG direction to take the conversation, let's not even attempt to go there. I'd much rather see a strong mailinglist <-> web connection... If someone like Patrick finds it easier to use a news reader, then doing a mail <->news gateway is an option, but that's a slim requesting minority, I'd suspect. Seth
