Greg,
No pressure intended at all....the wording and intent of my suggestion
was that it be purely voluntary.
Please do not assume I was speaking for any organization....I wasn't,
just myself, who also appreciates anonyimity. When I post on to public
list like this one representing an organization and not myself I clearly
indicate it in my posts. WorldVistA is just one of 3 organizations I am
involved with in the open source/software world.
Joseph
Gregory Woodhouse wrote:
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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