Slack costs a lot more than someone is accounting for.  Even paid annually,
it's a pretty penny for premium.

Saying one would cover it out of dues is a stretch.  Don't feed the trolls?

--e
 On Jul 12, 2015 7:05 PM, "Adam Moskowitz" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Allan Irving wrote:
> > if some of you here would review what Slack offer as premium . . . you
> > would find security surpasses this mailing list.
>
> Again: This list was set up to be open, archived, and searchable; there
> was never any requirement for security. Anyone may join, and anyone --
> including people who are not members of the list -- may read the
> archives. We know email isn't secure; we knew that when this list was
> set up, but for this particular application, that lack of security is OK.
>
> > Slack . . . premium (well covered in members dues)
>
> For LOPSA to spend money requires action on the part of the Board of
> Directors, not just a discussion on this list. If you think LOPSA should
> spend money on Slack, you would need to make a proposal to the Board --
> one that included a cost-benefit analysis; if you can't show that spending
> money on Slack to replace the existing mailing lists is 1) good for the
> organization and 2) better than the other likely uses of LOPSA's (limited)
> funds, you proposal is unlikely to be adopted.
>
> Adam
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