Scott, Great idea! I hope you post a draft for comment and that members consumed by Linux and also not so consumed will comment. I think it will help you by receiving input from people with varying levels of competence.
Neal | On Thursday 17 October 2002 09:34 am, Neal & Gay Timon wrote: | | > | > I was also considering asking about hiring someone to help me (you students | > must still be hungry and need money). That isn't my idea of spam, but it | > may not be something you want on this group. Perhaps you would rather just | > reply that this group discourages that sort of request and suggest an | > alternative. | | As a community very anxious to see newcomers like your self appreciate the | joys and challenges of running linux, I must say that we are in desperate | need of list policy clarification. I am certain that this will be done in | the next few days. I am personally drafting our often talked about never | completed list policy that I hope many will chew on and improve. | | For a person like yourself, there is no legitimate path of communication to | reach our linux community except for the LUAU mailing list. I personally do | not have a problem with someone asking if there is help on the list. This is | not of the same class of "spam" as posting to the list asking us to purchase | diet pills. If your spam consists of trying to give money to the local | community for help, then we need to find a way to digest this spam. | | | In my humble opinion, it is okay to politely post your request for help. | | R. Scott Belford | _______________________________________________ | LUAU mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
