Maybe BayLISA needs a new mailing list

Sun Apr 13 10:34:12 PDT 2003

On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 01:01:36PM -0400, Chuck Yerkes wrote:
> 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?

I am already running a message board for a gaming guild, it would be
an easy thing to set another one up for BayLisa.

-- 
Regards, Ulf.

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