On 2/24/06, Keith Kastorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 15:01 +0100, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > > So let's "use" the existing structure: > > We should try to "train" the moderators in using bugzilla and/or > > forwarding relevant forum postings to the mailing lists, and let's > > enforce the communication between the moderators and the "community > > kernel". > > > > The moderators should see our "official community" as a "fallback > > knowledge database" for their forum's problem discussions, and vice versa > > keep us informed about interesting problem/solution happenings within > > their forums. > > Our suseforums.net staff has long been advised to refer folks to > official bug tracking mechanisms, but it's historically been advising > the original poster. I'm in full agreement that this purpose would be > better served if staff were more active in the exchange of information > to/from the "official community". Aside from increasing suseforums.net > staff awareness on this idea, what would be our first steps toward > ensuring better cooperation and information exchange?
Pascal & Eberhard? You have both talked (in this thread and earlier) about that we should build on the old, don't harm existing forums, etc. But how do you propose that that will happen? I haven't seen any details of this "enforce the communication between the moderators and the 'community kernel'". How is any such thing going to be 'enforced'? The one thing the web forum discussion has shown , is that there is a genuine need to try to consolidate a splintered SUSE community, through some mechanism. I am not trying to troll, I just haven't seen anybody explain the step from where we are now and where we will be in 6, 12, 18 months, going down this path. If one can answer this question satisfactorily, then we have less need for our own forum. If one can't, then Houghi is right, the Web forum discussion will be eternal until we have one. Peter 'Pflodo' Flodin
