Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-13 Thread TJ Frazier
On 8/12/2011 08:47, Nóirín Plunkett wrote: 2011/8/12 Jürgen Schmidtjogischm...@googlemail.com: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Simon Phippssi...@webmink.com wrote: Maybe. But I see no reason why this list needs the protection of being on a controlled access page and would suggest doing so

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-13 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 12:08 -0400, Shane Curcuru wrote: This is not a zero sum topic. Personally, I think the most useful solution would be: - an open wiki where a folksonomy can grow and have discussion, and lead to some obvious suggestions for later inclusion in... - a public-facing

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:11 AM, TJ Frazier tjfraz...@cfl.rr.com wrote: On 8/12/2011 08:47, Nóirín Plunkett wrote: 2011/8/12 Jürgen Schmidtjogischm...@googlemail.com: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Simon Phippssi...@webmink.com  wrote: Maybe. But I see no reason why this list needs the

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-13 Thread TJ Frazier
On 8/13/2011 08:37, Rob Weir wrote: On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:11 AM, TJ Fraziertjfraz...@cfl.rr.com wrote: On 8/12/2011 08:47, Nóirín Plunkett wrote: 2011/8/12 Jürgen Schmidtjogischm...@googlemail.com: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Simon Phippssi...@webmink.comwrote: Maybe. But I

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 9:45 AM, TJ Frazier tjfraz...@cfl.rr.com wrote: On 8/13/2011 08:37, Rob Weir wrote: On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:11 AM, TJ Fraziertjfraz...@cfl.rr.com  wrote: On 8/12/2011 08:47, Nóirín Plunkett wrote: 2011/8/12 Jürgen Schmidtjogischm...@googlemail.com: On Fri, Aug

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-12 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: 2011/8/11 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@googlemail.com On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 10 Aug 2011, at 23:12, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Kay

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-12 Thread Nóirín Plunkett
2011/8/12 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@googlemail.com: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: Maybe. But I see no reason why this list needs the protection of being on a controlled access page and would suggest doing so is what needs justifying. I have not seen

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-12 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Nóirín Plunkett noi...@apache.org wrote: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Rob Weir apa...@robweir.com wrote: I'm assuming that it is the new list subscriber that benefits most from this.  Existing subscribers will just follow the conventions they observe

RE: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-12 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
you've trampled over a lot of +1's here. Cut it out. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Rob Weir [mailto:apa...@robweir.com] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 08:53 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal]) On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:34 AM

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-12 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Nóirín Plunkett noi...@apache.org wrote: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Rob Weir apa...@robweir.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: -1 Hey, a terrific blow for community there, Rob! Please don't

RE: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-12 Thread Gavin McDonald
-Original Message- From: Rob Weir [mailto:apa...@robweir.com] Sent: Saturday, 13 August 2011 2:46 AM To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal]) On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Nóirín Plunkett noi...@apache.org wrote: On Fri

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-11 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 10 Aug 2011, at 23:12, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: On 8 August 2011

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-11 Thread Simon Phipps
2011/8/11 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@googlemail.com On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 10 Aug 2011, at 23:12, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Ross

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-11 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/08/2011, at 10:25, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: +1 on putting materials like the suggested list-post subject categories on the community wiki.  I see no reason why it needs to be maintained

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-11 Thread Simon Phipps
On 12 Aug 2011, at 02:41, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/08/2011, at 10:25, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: +1 on putting materials like the suggested list-post subject categories on the community wiki. I

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-11 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 12 Aug 2011, at 02:41, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/08/2011, at 10:25, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: +1 on putting materials like

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-11 Thread imacat
So, I'm not the only one that thinks reading this list is a heavy task. ^^; On 2011/08/12 10:56, Rob Weir said: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 12 Aug 2011, at 02:41, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-10 Thread Kay Schenk
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: On 8 August 2011 16:14, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: ... From my perspective, I don't see the one BIG list as bad, but it would be VERY helpful if folks could label messages more succinctly and

Re: Making mailing lists useful (was Re: [Proposal])

2011-08-10 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: On 8 August 2011 16:14, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: ... From my perspective, I don't see the one BIG list as bad, but it would