Friends. I am seeing a lot of people FEAR to shoot a mail to the list. It seems that the newbies should have thick skin to write to our list.
Did anyone hear the same from the silent members of the list? Please check with your friends why they are not posting or asking any questions to our list. Just thinking on how to make our list more user friendly. The users should not feel odd to send mail to our list. The mailing list guidelines are there but we have to think on how our responses and replies to the list are welcoming the new users. Yes. The new users will do mistakes like top/bottom posting, mails in FULL CAPS, sms language etc. But, we should teach them in a very friendly tone. Quoting from the code of conduct of ubuntu community http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct <Quote> Be respectful. The Ubuntu community and its members treat one another with respect. Everyone can make a valuable contribution to Ubuntu. We may not always agree, but disagreement is no excuse for poor behaviour and poor manners. We might all experience some frustration now and then, but we cannot allow that frustration to turn into a personal attack. It's important to remember that a community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one. We expect members of the Ubuntu community to be respectful when dealing with other contributors as well as with people outside the Ubuntu project and with users of Ubuntu. </Quote> Hope this can be applied to our ILUGC Community too. Please share your thoughts on how can we make our list more friendly. Thanks. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
