I agree that I do not feel we should throw up any potential barriers for folks who are just kicking the tires.
If we do offer a way to introduce oneself if desired, we probably need to think about it carefully. If we don't, we might end up providing a spot for a few elaborate advertisements among the usual introductory posts. On Friday 24 March 2006 08:14, Gregory Woodhouse wrote: On Mar 23, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Joseph Dal Molin wrote: > perhaps we should have an "introduce yourself" week? I disagree with the idea that people need to feel pressured into announcing their presence or into saying more than the feel comfortable doing. That's fine for informal discussion groups (on lists I've run in the past I've asked -- meaning encouraged -- people to introduce themselves when they first post.) but I don't think it is appropriate for professional groups like Hardhats or WorldVistA. if people just want to read, that should be their choice, and certainly no one should feel pressured into posting to the Wiki. I do not know how you want to run your organization, but ACM (for example) has meetings, SIGs, journals, and a variety of mailing lists. Or to take an example that is perhaps closer to home (though it really shouldn't be), I occasionally participate in HL7 working group meetings and calls (particularly in what used to be called Control/Query) and sometimes post to the appropriate mailing lists, but I would NOT feel comfortable broadcasting messages to the whole organization, or to jumping into a discussion that is really outside my area of expertise. How Hardhats and WorldVistA choose to run their respective organizations is really a topic for a separate discussion, but please don't make people feel obliged to introduce themselves. === Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking." -- Albert Einstein ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
