I am glad to hear this feedback. I started the Bay Area mailing list because I am working to increase participation in the Bay Area by coordinating mapping parties/speaking engagements, and encouraging others here to do the same. I thought it would be helpful to have a separate list for people based here so mapping party attendees could reconnect post event to plan new events, suggest other groups to contact, as well as discuss areas to focus on. I agree that it is helpful to have questions sent out to the entire US list and we should encourage anyone who has questions non-specific to the Bay Area to share them with Talk-us. But I thought it would be helpful to have a localized list that doesn't crowd talk-us with city specific details.
On Nov 25, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Russ Nelson wrote: > Scott Atwood writes: >> Actually, I've been hesitant to speak up on Talk-us about strictly >> local >> issues, because I didn't want to fill others mailboxes with noise >> that they >> don't particularly care about. I rather like the idea of having a >> separate >> list, so we can talk about local issues without bothering other >> folks. > > Disagree. Oh, sure, there are undoubtedly some strictly local issues > that are irrelevant outside the locality to which they apply. But, > y'know, I can't think of any, so I'd say go ahead and email. As Dave > said, if you get too boring, we'll kick you off into a local list. > > -- > --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com | Delegislation is a > slippery > Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | slope to prosperity. > 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-323-1241 | Fewer laws, more > freedom. > Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog | (Not a GOP > supporter). > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us Sarah Manley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 631-338-3815 Skype: Sarah_cloudmade _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
