Re: Open discussion proposal: New mail list configuration

[Will LaShell <will lashell net>]

On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 00:24 +0800, Pockey Lam wrote:
> Hi Emily, 
> 
<SNIP>
> > 
> > 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)
> Since we are targeting a bigger goal which is to encourage GNOME
> participation even between summits, we've been discussing to create
> (rename) a new group called gnome-asia gnome org, like this the
> mailing list is not limited to summit participants. 
> 
> We can consider to close  asia-summit-participants-list gnome org and
> ask the existing participants to subscribe to gnome.asia mailing list
> if they want. 

We don't need to ask them, we can simply transfer the addresses. We then
send out a notice that we have merged the old and new lists.

> Besides, COSCUP should share with us their survey results soon and we
> may get some contacts from some participants that are interested to
> join the list, we can definitely invite them to subscribe later, I
> will follow up on this. 
> 
> > 
> > We can keep the 2 and 3, close 1. 
> can we keep 2 (asia-summit-list) , close 1 (asia-summit) and rename 3
> (asia-summit-participants-list) to gnome.asia? 
> 
> > Do we need to apply for a new mail list:
> > asia-summit-comittee gnome org ? 
> 
> yes, we want to make a new mailing list : asia-summit-committee 
> 
> So like this we will have:
> 1) "asia-summit-list" or we can call it asia-summit-local to
> communicate to the local teams of the summit every year
> 
> 2) "gnome-asia" for both summit participants / speakers and
> non-participants who are interested to join gnome-asia for
> discussion / share experience / give or get supports of anything about
> GNOME in Asia
> 
> 3) "asia-summit-committee for private discussion within the committee,
> it make sense to have one especially for joint event :) 
> 
> Pockey
> 
> > 
> > -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
> >         
> >         _______________________________________________
> >         asia-summit-list mailing list
> >         asia-summit-list gnome org
> >         http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/asia-summit-list
> > 
> > 
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