2011/1/27 Giovanni Bajo <ra...@develer.com> > On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 13:36 +0000, John Pinner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 27 January 2011 13:26, Fabio Pliger <fabio.pli...@s3srl.com> wrote: > > > 2011/1/27 Michael Foord <fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk> > > >> > > >> On 27/01/2011 13:05, Thomas Waldmann wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Could we please decide on ONE mailing list for this topic? > > >>> > > >>> (I don't have ep-improve - is it even necessary to have 2 MLs?) > > >> > > >> Agreed, two copies of each email is tedious. :-) > > > > > > I agree with that too but some folks follow europython@ and other > follow > > > europython-improve. That's why i posted on both... > > > I'm +1 on keep discussions on only one list. Wich one? > > > > europython-improve was started specifically for organisers to work on > > - 'improve' - the conference. That is the one we should use. > > > > The plain europython list is for the conference delegates, many of who > > seem to have a very low tolerance to email. Already today, with a > > little flurry on the list, three people have unsubscribed. Many > > unsubscribed last year in the run-up to EP2010, heaven knows how they > > thought they could keep in touch with what was happening! > > I personally don't see much value in a *mailing-list* for delegates. In > PyCon Italy, we have a mailing-list for organizers and a newsletter (= > read-only mailing-list, if you prefer) for delegates/fans/followers, > with a very low and clean traffic. > > By your description above, I propose that we simply turn europython@ > into a newsletter so that non-moderators can't post (and we can then > link it with the "subscribe to newsletter" form in the website).
mmm... I wouldn't change the way europython@ is set.. Personally i like to leave europython@ as a place where people can contact organizers. I remember that attendees used it to ask questions about common issues like visas info, refunds, students help, etc...
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