[ale] New Mailing List initiatives for ALE

[Jerald Sheets]

On Sep 27, 2006, at 5:29 PM, James P. Kinney III wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 16:53 -0400, usmpiano at aim.com wrote:
>
> Hmm. A post from an address that doesn't appear in the 3669 messages I
> have archived...
>
> Most people post an introduction before they start in...


No, but he does attend NW regularly.  Chill.


>
> When people get the newspaper, they get the entire newspaper, not just
> the sports section even though that's all they read.

And many of us prefer to get all our news through extremely selective  
configuration of very specific RSS feeds so we get pertinennt  
"traffic" ONLY, and don't have to become intimate with our delete key.

> Sorry if it's just
> too much effort to hit the delete key on the fluff posts that are  
> such a
> trying PIA for the whiners.
>

And many of us view the pontificators with the same disdain you are  
showing for the "whiners".

> An alternative option is for everyone who doesn't like what ALE has
> become to go away. They can always search for that little nugget of  
> info
> they want using google to dig through the archives. That way they can
> skim the cream without having to churn the butter.

Again wasting much time so a few can continue to do what they've  
always done and help usher more and more people out the door as  
quickly as possible.  I, for one, won't be party to doing everything  
I can to run folk off, but will try to help mold [ale] into an  
accepting, productive place rather than a minefield of banter, trash,  
and yes , quality conversation that chases off some of the most  
helpful and quality volunteers and members in linuxdom.  The precise  
things you wish to keep have run away valued members of this  
community.  How you cannot see this connection escapes me a bit.

>
> If someone is looking for free education on Linux stuff, they need to
> willing to tolerate the banner ads cause it's the blatherers and
> hotheads that showed up at the ALE picnics. And many of them also post
> great advice on problem solving as well and off topic rants.
>

And as a gathering of adults, we should be willing to take steps, for  
the greater good, to help ALE become something that EVERYONE not only  
CAN be a part of, but earnestly DESIRES to be a part of regardless of  
their particular slant on things.  As sappy as it sounds, we are  
responsible to propagate Linux, and we are showing ourselves as the  
Atlanta representatives of Linux.  This includes ALL walks from  
rookies to vets, and from enthusiasts to professionals.  Much of what  
we're trying to eliminate here is hardly helpful OR professional.

> <feeble attempt at faking Godwins Law so THIS thread can die>Seig Heil
> Nazi fascist control freaks DOS lover Clinton Gore Bush bomb right  
> wing
> liberals <is this thread dead yet?>
> -- 

See previous comment.  <sheesh>

--jms