On Mar 23, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Joseph Dal Molin wrote:
perhaps we should have an "introduce yourself" week?
I disagree with the idea that people need to feel pressured into
announcing their presence or into saying more than the feel
comfortable doing. That's fine for informal discussion groups (on
lists I've run in the past I've asked -- meaning encouraged -- people
to introduce themselves when they first post.) but I don't think it
is appropriate for professional groups like Hardhats or WorldVistA.
if people just want to read, that should be their choice, and
certainly no one should feel pressured into posting to the Wiki.
I do not know how you want to run your organization, but ACM (for
example) has meetings, SIGs, journals, and a variety of mailing
lists. Or to take an example that is perhaps closer to home (though
it really shouldn't be), I occasionally participate in HL7 working
group meetings and calls (particularly in what used to be called
Control/Query) and sometimes post to the appropriate mailing lists,
but I would NOT feel comfortable broadcasting messages to the whole
organization, or to jumping into a discussion that is really outside
my area of expertise. How Hardhats and WorldVistA choose to run their
respective organizations is really a topic for a separate discussion,
but please don't make people feel obliged to introduce themselves.
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