Maybe BayLISA needs a new mailing list

Sun Apr 13 10:01:36 PDT 2003

I think modern technology has given us better
forums for threaded conversations than a single
mail list.  between slashcode format boards and
zope and this new fangled "net news" thing, we
could probably come up with something better.
(and it's not like the DC area, which claims to
be the heart of the Internet, really innovates
anything :).

Quoting Strata Rose Chalup (strata at virtual.net):
> 
> David,
> 
> This is a great summation of the main mailing lists-- you're
> always on top of things!  
> 
> I think having chat at baylisa.org for general discussions is
> a good thing, since folks seem reluctant to post to the main
> baylisa@ alias unless they have some serious technical question.
> I suspect that the folks who'd be interested in more informal
> mailing list socializing with other BayLISA folks would be put
> off by the sort of long discussions going on in baylisa-jobs
> right now. 
> 
> What about making baylisa-jobs specifically for "announcements"
> rather than just naming an intended audience?  Jobs offered,
> jobs sought for, things of interest to job seekers, etc.  Then
> create a parallel list, baylisa-jobs-chat (or baylisa-jobs-d),
> for discussions related to job seeking in general or triggered
> by specific postings that had been sent to the baylisa-jobs list.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> cheers,
> Strata 
> 
> David Wolfskill wrote:
> > 
> > After the recent flurry on baylisa-jobs and seeing various folks'
> > reactions to same, it seems to me that something that might be
> > helpful is a list to allow folks to "blow off steam" from time to
> > time.
> > 
> > I suggest a name such as baylisa-chat (or just "chat at baylisa.org").
> > 
> > Thus, the main BayLISA lists would be:
> > 
> > * baylisa@      intended for BayLISA members; intended to be oriented
> >                 toward technical matters.
> > 
> > * baylisa-jobs@ intended for BayLISA members and those who might be
> >                 in a position to hire folks who are likely to be
> >                 BayLISA members (whether on contract or as employees).
> > 
> > * blw@          intended for BayLISA members (and certain others) who
> >                 are interested in the matters discussed by the BayLISA
> >                 Board of Directors.
> > 
> > * chat@         intended for BayLISA members; a catch-all for anything
> >                 not listed above.  Tangential discussions from the
> >                 other lists would be appropriate to divert to this list.
> > 
> > I would, of course, prefer that if the list is created, that someone
> > else (other than postmaster@) would be the "list owner" (and thus
> > deal with attempts at spamming and the like).
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > Peace,
> > david             (postmaster at baylisa.org)
> > --
> > David H. Wolfskill                              david at catwhisker.org
> > Based on what I have seen to date, the use of Microsoft products is not
> > consistent with reliability.  I recommend FreeBSD for reliable systems.
> 
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