Off topic kills value of the list and group

[Charles Jones]

Joshua Zeidner wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Josh Andler <scislac at gmail.com 
> <mailto:scislac at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Alan Dayley wrote:
>     > I know several high quality people that either use Linux or want to
>     > learn more about using Linux.  They were on the cusp but all had a
>     > similar complaint: They thought this email list had too much off
>     topic
>     > and "silly," to use one person's term, stuff in it.
>     >
>     > After the recent "screwed" threads, how in the world do I get
>     them to
>     > participate?
>     >
>     > Please, as a group, let's not do do that again.  Ever.
>     >
>
>     I can definitely agree with this as this was my reaction when I first
>     joined the list. Perhaps if there is a desire for rather OT stuff
>     to be
>     discussed within our community, it would be good to set up a separate
>     PLUG-OT list that people can choose to subscribe to.
>
>
>  
>   now theres a novel idea!  -jmz
Why not setup a forum on the PLUG website, and include an OffTopic 
and/or Politics sub forum?

-Charles
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