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

[Matt Pusateri]

Man, and I was just about to welcome our Mailing List Overlord ;)

Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> Sorry that came across more "imperative" than I thought (it is 1am and 
> I woke up to a loud TV as Alec fell asleep watching MTV or something). 
> Those were meant to be my proposals for a list and not "this will 
> happen" as I know some view the steering committee members as 
> potential all-powerful world dictators ;-)
>
> Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
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>> 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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