On 12/19/05, CJ Fleck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to say, that it is encouraging to see a community form in > about 1 week, but I am getting impatient. Right now all that seems > to be happening is a lot of people are sending out emails about where > this group should go. However, no one seems be stepping up to the > plate to get anything rolling. Well, not quite true - we have an idea of the structure of CL Gardeners now, and how to go about getting a project started and recognized. There at least two that I know of...
> Someone set up a real web site for us. One with project listings, > pages to coordinate projects, etc. Start out with the major topics > that have been talked about so far (i.e. GUIs), and ask people to > sign on for certain projects. I have found that people are much > better at getting work done and focusing on issues, if you give them > a bit of guidance. This is guidance. You're right, this is underway .. it just takes a little time to pull it all together - we're still only a seedling here :) > While the web site is going up, move this mailing list to a forum. > There is a reason that the Gentoo community is as strong as it is. > The support and communication is done in an efficient and > approachable manner. Mailing lists had their time, but 99% of us > don't care about *everything* that goes on. A forum is a nicer > interface. I guess that this is subjective - I also prefer forums. But a decent newsreader makes a mailing list usable. Gmail (free) actually does really well, maybe you should give that a try. > Once there is some separation I think we'll see the groups start to > form and real work getting done. With a mailing list as our only > form of community, well, it isn't much more of a community than a > newsgroup: lots of talk, little action. I expect that some people will drift off in a few weeks, after that we should have some concrete projects with a decent web presence. Until then, well good things take time :) Cheers Brad _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
