So we can return to our customary comfortable silence . On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 at 18:17, James Bennett <ja...@b-list.org> wrote:
> > >> On Jun 27, 2019, at 12:35 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@python.org> wrote: > >> > >> I'm sorry if our posts come across as spamming. That is certainly > >> not our attention. > >> > >> Since we do believe in the PSF community, we also believe that such > >> announcements should be sent to this group and, personally, I'd love > >> to see lots more coming from all kinds of Python events, projects, > >> etc. A community has to be filled with life, lots of opinions, > >> discussions and buzz. > >> > >> If the majority believes that this is not what this mailing list > >> about, I can remove it from the list of MLs we distribute > >> announcements to. > > > > > > My issue is the *number* of announcements. No other PyCon generates this > many announcement posts. > > > > PyCon AU, to take an example, did an announcement of their CFP, and then > one more announcement combining their schedule, call for volunteers, and > opening of ticket sales. That’s reasonable and honestly I wouldn’t have > minded seeing one or two others, like a reminder when the CFP was about to > close. > > > > EuroPython has done *seventeen* announcement posts… so far. I have no > doubt that many many more are still to come. Why do you feel a need to make > so many announcement posts? I was not joking at all when I said I think > EuroPython makes more announcements than all other PyCons combined. So, > again: please start a mailing list for EuroPython, use it for the bulk of > your announcements, and save only a few major ones like CFP open/close or > ticket sales opening, for this list. > > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > -- Steve Holden
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