I vote for closing On 26 Feb 2009, at 20:54, Jason Davies wrote:
> > Returning to something I was looking into, I had closed off the > archives so we could have offers from MUG groups which are not > intended to be open to the 'general public'. Some of the > rationale for that is that MUG groups often pay membership fees > (which we don't) and are therefore a 'more exclusive set.' > > I'm inclined to keep the archives closed because > > a) there seems to have been interest in offers as a result of > the spat yesterday > b) I don't think the SMUG archives are particularly a source of > unrepeated tips for the wider community (no offence, but it's > not Apple's Applescript list) > > Part of the arrangement for receiving offers is that they only > go to MUG members, not to the world in general. Since joining is > pretty easy, it's not a serious bar to access. > > So I would prefer to close the archives and post the occasional > MUG offers. Tom voted against. Can we do a quick check of > opinions for closing (and receiving offers) or opening (and not > receiving offers)? > > I'd rather just have votes rather than complex discussion so we > can make a quick decision. Shall we say 'polling' closes > midnight Saturday? > > It's currently tied, me for closing, Tom for opening:-) > > Tom Coady wrote on 22/12/08 at 12:28 > >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Jason Davies <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> In order to be able to post these I've had to make the archives >>> inaccessible to non-members. If anyone violently disagrees with >>> that, please say so - but it will make posting these offers very >>> difficult! >> >> >> I object, but only mildly, because >> >> - you could post this to a group page which by default tells non- >> members >> "*You cannot view the group's content or participate in the group >> because >> you are not currently a member. * *Members must be approved before >> joining."* >> - At least one reason for switching to groups was to open the archive >> resource to the "community" >> - I've never seen anything of interest in these offers which look >> more >> like spam to me, ymmv > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
