This has been an interesting discussion and one where I very readily see both arguments. As a small library generalist, I like having as much discussion as possible on as few lists as possible, so that I’m in on all of the discussion’s and don’t find myself reading a post and thinking “which audience was this addressed to again?” or missing out on something that is useful to me or where I could share useful information. Also, I think Jason is right that discussion relating to development broadly, including feedback on development, ought to go on the developer listserv. (consequently, I joined that list, probably wouldn’t have at this point without this discussion)
In fact, I could see an argument to collapse everything into two listservs, development/documentation and general/end user. That said, I know when you’re new/newish to a community it’s easy to feel rather as if you shouldn’t be bothering everyone with your questions, thoughts, tips, etc. There is a real trepidation some of us feel when posting to a widely distributed list and if separate user lists draw more people into being more involved, more willing to share, then I would have to come out in favor of them. So, with that said, I would support the creation of the two lists. Have a good day. Joe Joseph Knueven Director Germantown Public Library 51 N. Plum St. Germantown, OH 45327 937-855-4001 j...@gtownlibrary.net From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Diane Disbro Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2017 6:01 PM To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Acquisitions interest group request for dedicated Acquisitions Listserv Right! I have followed this discussion with interest and can see both sides of the issue. But I lean toward thinking that circ people will be more apt to pay attention to a listserv that serves only circ people. Thank you. Diane Disbro Circulation Coordinator/Branch Manager Union Branch Scenic Regional Library 308 Hawthorne Drive Union, MO 63084 636-583-3224 ddis...@scenicregional.org<mailto:ddis...@scenicregional.org> www.scenicregional.org<http://www.scenicregional.org> From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Walz, Jennifer Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2017 3:35 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Acquisitions interest group request for dedicated Acquisitions Listserv All – Please do not disregard the recent request for the Circulation group. Thank you! Jennifer From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Christine Burns Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2017 3:07 PM To: open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Acquisitions interest group request for dedicated Acquisitions Listserv Hello First of all I just want to say a big Thank you to Kathy Lussier for writing such a great analysis of this issue. I think she did an excellent job of articulating the basic arguments for both sides. I agree that we need some kind of process for requesting new lists or guidelines about when a new list is warranted. I would be happy to help come up with some guidelines after the Sitka upgrade to 2.12 is complete (end of May). I think that the debian requirements are a great place to start. https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/HOWTO_start_list Currently the vote is 5/3 in favour of a new list. I am happy to wait until May 5th to see if there is any further discussion on this topic. Since this is the third time over the years that an Acquisitions specific list has been requested I strongly feel that we should go ahead and create the new list. Thank you Christine -- Christine Burns Co-op Support BC Libraries Cooperative Ph: 1-888-848-9250 https://bc.libraries.coop https://status.libraries.coop/
