Apologies if this has been brought up before, but I was wondering if the idea of a jakarta newsletter been discussed? As an interested user of NetBeans I find their weekly newsletter (http://www.netbeans.org/newsletter/2001-09-03.html) extremely interesting and helpful as I don't have the time to monitor all of the separate mailing lists.
The same is certainly true at jakarta, and while I've watched and occasionally taken part in discussions on ant-dev for over a year, it is difficult to find time to monitor all threads in the one list let alone keep abreast of whats going on in commons, avalon, struts, tomcat etc. I'm not sure of the best place to send such a letter - some news@jakarta springs to mind - but a copy on the website would also be good and the first issue or two should probably go to all lists to grab some attention + volunteers. It would require volunteer editors (rotating after some fixed period) and presumably an editors address/list to suggest interesting threads to, since I doubt anybody has the time to monitor all of the lists themselves. Alternatively maybe a nominated (and rotating) editor per project could suggest the most interesting threads each week tobe compiled into a single letter. I realise that I'm probably making a rod for my own back suggesting this and as such am happy to help in the setting up of the letter but by profession I'm a software engineer not a journalist so would want to get others interested from an early stage... Any thoughts? Rob _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
