On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 08:52, Joseph Dal Molin wrote: > Greg, > > No pressure intended at all....the wording and intent of my suggestion > was that it be purely voluntary. >
I think it is about time we ***all*** found out who this Greg Woodhouse person is. I mean really... who has the name of Wood House?!? Next you'll tell me that your name is Cement Mixer or Paper Doll! Hah! > 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. > > > > === > > Gregory Woodhouse > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday > > thinking." > > -- Albert Einstein > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > > webcast > > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > . > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
