The list description is 7 years out of date, as *my* CP4E project ended when I left CNRI. And *my* CP4E project was certainly not intended to be political (in fact, the DARPA politics around funding made me abandon it).
Feel free to petition the creation of an [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. Further discussion of this topic should be moved to meta-sig, the sig to discuss lists. (Added to the CC list.) But please don't steal my CP4E moniker. FWIW, the no-politics ban was long overdue. The archives show it. And please show me where the edu-sig homepage (which is much more informative than the mailman description) mentions politics. --Guido On 7/18/07, kirby urner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note: I think it'll be confusing for newcomers to read the > following, and then encounter a strict "no politics" ban, > only recently instituted and not spelled out on any > python.org web page to date: > > === > About Edu-sig > English (USA) > > This list is the starting point for a community around the > Computer Programming for Everybody (CP4E) project, > and a general meeting place for educators interested in > teaching Python. > > Currently the best description of CP4E is in the DARPA > proposal that generated the initial funding. > > See also the edu-sig homepage. > > To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the > Edu-sig Archives. > === > > edu-sig has always been political (check the archives) > and as the text above makes clear, has indeed been > focussed on CP4E (I think very productively). > > This move to suppress political content and refocus the > list is a departure from the status quo. > > I'd like to see this list renamed to cp4e-sig so it might > keep its integrity and focus, while those with no stomach > for politics start their own (possibly heavily moderated) > group. They could even call it edu-sig. But we keep the > archives and go forward as cp4e-sig, in alignment with > the original mission statement and focus. > > Until such time as we've expunged all mention of CP4E > from the current list's description, I think we should leave > it to the list owner, Timothy Wilson, to perform any > moderating duties, which might included quietly warning > newcomers about the new rules. That's his job. Guido > is just another subscriber here and shouldn't be forced > into performing duties he's not signed up for. That'll just > be confusing to everyone. > > Kirby > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Meta-sig maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/meta-sig
