[ale] New Mailing List initiatives for ALE

[Geoffrey]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> On 9/26/06, Jerald Sheets <jsheets at yahoo.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>> [ale]  (ale at ale.org)
>> This is the original mailing list that defined [ale] membership. Discussions
>> should be (at least tangentially) relevant to systems administration, or
>> sysadmin issues in Atlanta. This list will be moderated for members of [ale]
>> to post to and subscribe to. All posting attempts will be moderated for
>> relevance to existing threads and content.
>>
> 
> The biggest problem I see is the "moderated" aspect.
> 
> I've been on a few moderated lists and the inherent delays to get
> something posted take most of the usability out of it for me.
> 
> It gets really annoying when the moderator disappears for a few days at a time.

We can have multiple moderators.

> I don't have any great solutions. :(   ie. In the absense of a
> moderator it gets difficult to enforce the rules.
> 
> Maybe someone needs to invent a ostrizism server.  ie. if 10 or more
> members of the list vote to blackball someone on the same day, then
> that person loses posting priviledges for a week.

Seems to me that would be even harder to keep up with, as well, 
difficult to maintain consistency.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin