Re: Open discussion proposal: New mail list configuration

[Will LaShell <will lashell net>]

On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 23:36 +0800, Emily Chen wrote:
> The current status are we have three mail lists: 
> 1. asia-summit gnome org
> This is the first mail list for organizor in the 2008, now it became a
> junk email list. I always want to close this mail list to reduce the
> junk mails. 

What junk emails?  I don't notice more than we would normally see. 

> 2. asia-summit-list gnome org
> This is for our core members and organizors. 
> 
> 3. asia-summit-participants-list gnome org
> All the participants in GNOME.Asia from 2008. (We didn't add them in
> this list in 2009 and 2010)
> 
> We can keep the 2 and 3, close 1. Do we need to apply for a new mail
> list: asia-summit-comittee gnome org ? 
> 

We still then have the outstanding issue of what list to use for people
to discuss items outside of the summit.

Will

> -Emily 
> 
> 2010/9/23 Will LaShell <will lashell net>
>         During the irc meeting there were a couple of lines of
>         discussion
>         regarding the existing mail lists. Right now we have a
>         proposal to align
>         the asia summit mail lists as follows:
>         
>         
>         gnome-asia-committee:  This will be a closed list consisting
>         of the
>         primary GNOME.Asia Committee. It will be used for strategic
>         discussions
>         regarding the open action items for the members, and the
>         guidance of
>         GNOME.Asia and the annual Summit.
>         
>         gnome-asia-summit:  This will be a list that will be cleared
>         annually
>         before planning of the following years GNOME.Asia Summit. It
>         will be
>         utilized for the coordination of the Summit's local team,
>         Summit
>         planning, and the primary communication point between the
>         GNOME.Asia
>         Committee and the local team. Members will be added as they
>         volunteer
>         for work on the Summit.
>         
>         gnome-asia: This is an all purpose list that will be a focal
>         point for
>         discussion of GNOME, GNOME technologies, Non-planning Summit
>         discussion,
>         and communication in general about increasing the visibility
>         and
>         penetration of GNOME into Asian regions.
>         
>         
>         I'd like to collect feedback about these ideas and invite
>         everyone to
>         give alternative views or ideas for this proposal.
>         
>         Please feel free to email me directly if you don't feel
>         comfortable
>         answering in a more public forum.
>         
>         Sincerely,
>         
>         Will LaShell
>         
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