On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patr...@ianai.net> wrote: > 3) Anyone who feels this is so frickin’ bad it is unbearable, and > knows they could do SO MUCH BETTER themselves, should > volunteer for the Communications Committee. Otherwise, > everyone should thank the unpaid volunteers for their gracious > and excellent work day after day, year after year. Or just STFU.
Yes, yes, the volunteers are all wonderful people and can I get a hip-hip-hooray. Nevertheless, before I "STFU" I would politely suggest that volunteering to perform a function for which one is not prepared to put in the needed effort is generally worse than not volunteering at all. Volunteering blocks other would-be volunteers for the same effort. Even if there are no other volunteers, it prevents the function from being farmed out to a paid service with the appropriate diligence and expertise. I would urge the current volunteers to careful consider whether they're willing and able to put in the exceptional effort and commitment of time and availability needed to competently operate a mailing list server on today's Internet. Failing to halt a spam flood in a timely manner does not exhibit a reasonable level of commitment to the task. One simply can't walk away from a mail server for a couple of days any more. Even volunteer efforts require the kind of monitoring and on-call rotations we all use in our professional lives. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>