I am sorry to hear of your departure and wish you great luck in Reno :)<br><br>As for the &quot;off&quot; topic at hand; I am someone who enjoys the OT discussions. However, like Josh, I also not not participate much. I can say I do not participate in IRC because I don&#39;t IRC. I don&#39;t come to many meetings because I am busy and would genuinely rather spend time with my wife. I do go to some of the Stamtishes and some of the meetings when I can, but, like the list, if they were cold, and intolerant of any socializing and non-FLOSS discussions (like this one) I would participate less.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Joshua A. Andler <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:scislac@gmail.com">scislac@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey All,<br>
<br>
I&#39;m not sure if anyone remembers me from last years ableconf (I did a<br>
presentation on Inkscape), but for those that do, farewell. Due to some<br>
pretty big life changes I will be relocating to Reno in the near future.<br>
Unfortunately I will be unable to participate in ABLEconf this year (as<br>
I will have relocated), but I wish everyone the best for it.<br>
<br>
As a side question, is anyone familiar with the FLOSS community in Reno?<br>
I don&#39;t imagine it&#39;s terribly large, but figured it wouldn&#39;t hurt to<br>
ask.<br>
<br>
<br>
-This next portion is list and activity related-<br>
<br>
As a soon-to-be former list member, I can tell you that my primary<br>
reason for not coming to meetings, not participating in the irc channel,<br>
and various other avenues for non-participation directly correlates to a<br>
lot of the off-topic discussion on the list.<br>
<br>
Yes Hans and Ryan, you are correct... it does drive people away. This is<br>
firsthand testimony that JMZ is guessing wrong, and that the concerns<br>
are NOT blown out of proportion. It&#39;s quite simple, if you can&#39;t stay<br>
on-topic with the list, what makes me think you&#39;ll be any different on<br>
irc or in person? You know how you add value to a LINUX/Tech discussion<br>
list? Stay on topic. My final note on this issue is that I would have<br>
been unsubscribing anyway if the issue wasn&#39;t addressed soon (which I&#39;m<br>
happy to see that there is movement in that direction).<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Josh<br>
<br>
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