[TriLUG] trilug-ontopic@ proposal Re: Why don't people come to TriLUG meetings

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Matt Pusateri wrote:
> Scott Lambdin wrote:
>> If I am in need of assistance and I want to ask all my trilug comfrere about
>> something, do I have to choose the nice people or the wild people?
>>   
> This is why I'm against fragmenting into 2 lists :)

Unfortunately, I think it has come to this.  We have some folks who are 
like "I dun wanna grow up" and others who are "Oh my eyes my eyes" and 
some folks are "humm, I can't refer my mom to that list because she 
won't have the patience to distill all the off topic posts and will just 
freak at certain other posts."  Ultimately "against" in such a case 
should be "will not subscribe" and not "you can't have it because I 
don't like it" IMO.

I favor keeping trilug@ a jungle (albeit still regulate "ridiculously 
out there" potential liability posts) and have a trilug-ontopic.

1. The only vote will be with your feet but we should have a set of 
moderators who volunteer and are then selected by the list members (say 
3 of them).
2. A set of rules for ontopic/out-of-bounds be selected
3. Some "objectives" or "quantifiable results" for success selected (to 
avoid a dead and potentially spam gathering list) [like we must have 3 
moderators at all time or it shuts, and at least say 20 subscribers]

Those who want a "kinder gentler" LUG will subscribe.  Those who do 
not...will not.

-Andy
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