Hi all,
There's been a bit of discussion between the committee as to how we should
handle announcements on the Slug list, and the Announcements list. There are
two differing perspectives on what should happen, so I'll outline them here:
1) Slug is for discussion, Announce is for announcements
If you want announcements of meetings, fests and other Linux-in-Sydney
related stuff, you should subscribe to the announce list. If you want to
discuss Linux-related issues, ask for help, offer advice, or have the
occasional off-topic rant ;) join the SLUG discussion list. They're
separate lists, for separate purposes.
2) Slug is high volume, Announce is low-volume
If you can't handle the traffic on the main SLUG list, subscribe to
announce to hear about all the meetings and goings-on without waiting for
each day's SLUG list to download. If you can handle the traffic, enjoy
yakking about Linuxy things, helping out, or would like to ask questions
and watch everyone else's discoveries, join the main list. Announcements
should also be posted to the SLUG list so you needn't subscribe to both.
The lists serve different purposes, but their intent overlaps.
Even though I've sometimes been criticised for cross-posting (set up your
procmail dupes killer - I can even show you how!), I'm very much in support
of option 2. I don't think it serves our task well to require everyone on
both lists, and I wouldn't ever wish the main list bandwidth on an
unsuspecting newbie. :)
Please offer your thoughts on this. If you have any other ideas or queries,
don't hesitate to the committee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or myself
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
- Jeff
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