I second not biting off more than we can chew On Oct 7, 2012 2:08 PM, "Charles-H. Schulz" < charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> At the risk of repeating myself, and to support Florian's views: we are > talking about a forum for users, not a migration, even a partial one, to > forums instead of mailing lists fro contributors. That was never discussed > and so far I think we are only at the stage of opening something... Let's > not try to eat something bigger than we can chew... > > (thank you for taking care of all this!) > > Charles. > Le 7 oct. 2012 13:27, "Jonathan Aquilina" <eagles051...@gmail.com> a > écrit : > > > I do see where you are coming from with this and I actually do agree. I > > think for now our main focus should be just the users for the time being. > > > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Florian Effenberger < > > flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2012-10-07 13:19: > > > > > > I think whats trying to be said is that some lists such as QA for > > instance > > >> and others would need to find a home on the forums as well because not > > all > > >> end users want to subscribe to a mailing list but woudl prefer to sign > > up > > >> and get answers on forums. Also i think as well that forums will get > > more > > >> community members involved as well. > > >> > > > > > > don't get me wrong: I don't want to render your work useless - I really > > do > > > appreciate what you do with regards to the forums. > > > > > > The way I understood was that for certain *users*, mailing lists are > too > > > much of a barrier, and so I'd suggest we start with typical user > support > > > forums. > > > > > > Moving website, QA and other areas of working to a forum is doomed to > > > fail, IMHO. I really don't feel comfortable that we start in such a big > > > way, and would propose starting small and simple, only with user > support > > > forums, and then see where it goes. > > > > > > For most of the working areas, a migration to a forum doesn't make > sense. > > > As an example: If the barrier to enter a mailing list is too high for > > > someone, how should he be involved in technical translations (l10n@), > > > administration of websites (website@) or verification of bugs (qa@)? > > > > > > That being said, I didn't read the entire thread, but wanted to share > my > > > gut feeling nontheless... > > > > > > > > > Florian > > > > > > -- > > > Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) > > > Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 > > > The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany > > > Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > > > Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.**org/imprint< > > http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint> > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to website+help@global.** > > libreoffice.org<website%2bh...@global.libreoffice.org> > > > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > > > unsubscribe/< > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > > > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > > > List archive: http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/**website/< > > http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/> > > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > > deleted > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jonathan Aquilina > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to website+h...@global.libreoffice.org > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to website+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to website+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
