Keep the list open.. Mvgr, Martin
Thomas Beale wrote: > > Dear all, > > IMPLEMENTERS LIST > a discussion list for early adopters has been set up. We decided to call > it "openehr-implementers" (NOTE spelling of "implementers"!), rather > than "early-adopters" since in a couple of years' time there will be > people on the list who are at a mature stage of development. > > We are testing the list at the moment. What we need to know from the > community is how we should run it. > > Q - should the list be completely open to any openEHR member (i.e. > anyone with a login), as for the existing 3 lists? > Q - or should it be more closed, to protect commercial sensitivities of > some members? If so how would new members get onto it? > > Personally I think it should be open like the other lists. I believe > that commercial organisations have to take responsibility themselves for > using such lists while protecting any "secret" knowledge they have. > There is always, after all, private email. When we have an answer to > this, we will provide an access point to the list. > > > THE Reply-to PROBLEM > We have asked in the past which way the openEHR community wanted the > list servers set, and it seemed pretty clear that most people would > prefer to have Reply-to set to the list, avoiding the annoyance of using > "reply-all" in your email client. However, our system administrators > have so far preferred to keep it the way it is, due to the extra work > involved in dealing with automatic holiday/absence mail, as well as > various other nuisances. As I am sure everyone will agree, email is not > what it used to be - spam and the sheer numbers of people using email > have made life more challenging for those who manage systems. > Nevertheless, we will endeavour to get this setting changed for the > community as soon as possible. > > - thomas beale > > > - > If you have any questions about using this list, > please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org > > - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org