+1 On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Nick Burch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2011, Nick Burch wrote: >> >> Maybe one solution is to have two public lists for those interested in >> discussing and organising events, one for the larger and one for the smaller >> events. When an event is ready to kick off detailed planning, then likely >> they'll fork off to their own planners list (which may well not be an ASF >> one). I had thought that the small events one would co-exist on concom@, but >> maybe you're right and it should be public > > Having thought on this one for a month, and based on the other responses > too, I think this is probably the best option > > We've got [email protected] for the big events already. concom is > there for policy discussions, and approvals. We'd then have something like > [email protected] for things like barcamps, small co-located > tracks, retreats etc. This list would hold discussion and initial planning, > and for small events probably all planning. For other events, once a team is > in place and approval granted, they'd move off to their own "planners" list > for most things. > > This small events list could hopefully be watched by people interested in > organising events. For example, I'd hope that it could be used to reach out > to people who might want to help with a one day event in Amsterdam after > GotoCon (as being discussed on concom@). If we do get enough people, that > discussion will fork off to another list, but for getting interest and > deciding what sort of event is a good fit (hackathon vs barcamp), a small > events list does seem like the right sort of place to have it. > > If we only have the two public lists, it'll hopefully prevent too much > fragmentation > > What does everyone else think? (I think this is largely what several other > people have suggested in other bits of the thread, but I want to check > before going ahead!) > > Cheers > Nick >
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