My $0.2
I look at the subjects, & blow off 80+% of the posts because they aren't
about things I'm interested in. I may or may not follow a OT thread. My
choice--no big deal! I can mark a 20 post thread and delete it in
nothing flat. We don't need a bunch of rigid "Thou Shalt Not ...
rules--or need to saddle a dedicated steering committee with the job of
monitoring everything.
We also need some people to lighten up. Rule one: Don't sweat the small
stuff. Rule two: it's all small stuff.
-mj-
Alan Dayley wrote:
> Jeremy C. Reed said:
>
>>Maybe PLUG should host a chat list at
>>plug-chat@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us.
>>
>>All off-topic discussions can be moved there.
>>
>>And regular plug-discuss can be used for mostly Linux-related
>>discussions.
>>
>>Does PLUG have any type of board or committee? Who makes these
>>decisions?
>
>
> PLUG has a Steering Committee. We do what the group wants by some sort of
> conscensus.
>
> PLUG has several email lists now:
> discuss
> devel
> security
> announce
> webdev
> npo
> (See
> http://plug.phoenix.az.us/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=General+Plug+Questions&parent_id=0#4)
>
> I subscribe to them all. The only two with any traffic are discuss and
> devel. devel is very low. We tried to make all announcements only in
> announce for a while but got complaints that people missed the
> announcements because they were not made in discuss.
>
> It's a chicken-and-egg situation. Everybody is used to everything being
> on discuss so no one uses the others. No one uses the others because it
> is all on discuss. The only to enforce each list is to moderate. Who has
> time to do that?
>
> Having a separate chat or offtopic list would be fairly easy to setup. My
> prediction, based on past results, would be that it would fall into disuse
> in favor of "OT" posts in discuss. (Disclaimer: Past results do not
> necessarily guarentee future results. Consult a professional before
> accepting my predictions.)
>
> Alan
>
>
>
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