[ Comments below, in-line ] On 03/22/2013 06:41 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >
Hi Chris, > This is very unusual for a list like this. (But then, this is a > somewhat unusual list in a few ways.) :) ... I hope that's a compliment to the list members. > What does it mean to be an admin? It's not a difficult job. I'd say it's easy because we've automated many things. The list was open until we got a troll who kept harassing one of the members. I had to implement some Regular Expressions to block the troll, chase the origination of the messages to get him kicked off at that location. That was unusual but it did change how we accept new users. When a new user subscribes to the list, they're put on hold until we vet them. I'm on M/W/F and Fernando is on T/Th/Sat/Sun. Basically, we want to ensure new people are a spammers or trolls. If we can't find anything on the Internet with the subscriber's email address, we send out a very opened ended message, requesting more information. Some people on the list are familiar with that message. :) :) :) The day-to-day operation is very minimal. It's to ensure the list stays on topic (/anything/ VirtualBox) and no-bashing of vendors or people. We're seeking a professional tone. > In fact, most lists of this nature run as Charlieocracies [1], Nice! I had never heard that term until now. > and appointing a replacement admin is more a matter of *finding* a > replacement admin. If `voted out' of my position, I would first find a replacement so Fernando doesn't have to carry the burden. > So the bar for removing someone should be fairly high - some fairly > egregious act of misconduct. This is the part where I disagree. :) I think if there are a sufficient number of people who are not happy with an admin, they should step aside. I've purposely set the bar low because I'd rather not do something if I'm upsetting 58 people. Cheers, -- Pablo Sanchez - Blueoak Database Engineering, Inc Ph: 819.459.1926 Blog: http://pablo.blog.blueoakdb.com Fax: 760.860.5225 (US) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
