[ale] New Mailing List initiatives for ALE

[Jerry Yu]

If a moderated version is in favor, I prefer ale-pro or ale-tech  instead of
ale-sysadmin at ale.org, since the latter has narrowed down the scope too much.
As ALE's name suggests, we are here to form a community and enthusiastically
promote/foster a Linux-friendly work/home/social/political environment. So,
I'd think ale-sysadmin is a bit too narrow. people can join SAGE for that
purpose.

With gmail, I have all ALE postings neatly archived directly with 'ale'
label and threaded. Therein, I choose when and what to read. so far the
subjects are informative enough to help me decide what to read and what not
to. I only delve into those way-OT threads when I really really have time to
kill. When I used PINE back in '98/99, I simply hit 'd' to delete postings
failing to interest me.


On 9/27/06, Raylynn Knight <audilover at speedfactory.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 13:49 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > I've read most of the responses.
> >
> > If this is truly a problem worth solving I propose we create a new
> > filtered list that only a select group of "forwarders" can post to,
> > but that people desiring a high-signal to noise level could subscribe
> > to.  The reply-to address would be the existing ale list which would
> > continue to be unfiltered.
> >
> > Then, the "forwarders" would monitor the existing list and forward
> > appropriate content to the new list.   After a few months we would
> > know how many people had subscribed to the new filtered list.
> >
> > Personally, I would stay subscribed to the existing list most likely
> > not the filtered list.  Obviously, this approach requires volunteer
> > forwarders, but the moderated approach requires volunteer moderators,
> > so it is basically the same amount of effort but allows the existing
> > list to maintain both the technical quality it has and the community
> > spirit we want.
> >
> This sounds like an agreeable solution provided you can find the
> volunteer forwarders.  The current list keeps the name ale at ale.org and
> culture.  Those wanting the moderated list will subscribe to the new
> list (perhaps ale-sysadmin at ale.org)  I just don't agree with the current
> list being co-opted to fit some other group or individuals needs.  Most
> of the time the current list suits me just fine,  when it doesn't I know
> how to use the delete key.
>
> Ray
>
>
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