[CoLoCo] ! purpose of the coloco list

[David Overcash]

Unfortunately, I don't think that we are allowed to have another officially
hosted list from Canonical... and it becomes cumbersome for those of us who
have moderator priv's to keep checking even more lists for bounced messages
and whatnot.  : )

-David

On Dec 24, 2007 11:42 PM, TC <telecon at infosyndicate.net> wrote:

> Or a coloco-announce that is moderated.
>
> Mitch Mahan wrote:
> > I had a similar thought –
> >
> >
> >
> > How about adding a ! to strictly CoLoCo related e-mails (and removing
> > that bang when things fall off-topic?).
> >
> >
> >
> > This way we can sort the mail for 'casual fluff' and 'important stuff'.
> >
> >
> >
> > -          Mitch
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> > [mailto:ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of *TJ Heaney
> > *Sent:* Friday, December 21, 2007 11:45 PM
> > *To:* Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team
> > *Subject:* Re: [CoLoCo] purpose of the coloco list
> >
> >
> >
> > The biggest problem, as with any list, is separating the wheat from the
> > chaff.
> >
> > A possible solution is to include a flag (manually entered) of "Off
> > Topic" or something when it is not entirely an Ubuntu/Linux sort of
> > thing, ( i.e. [CoLoCo] OFF TOPIC Billy-Bob is having a Kegger, C'mon
> > down y'all")
> >
> > On Dec 21, 2007 11:35 PM, W S <ws3reg at gmail.com
> > <mailto:ws3reg at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I guess I would be among those that say "it is what it is".  I like
> > the list the way it is. :)
> >
> >
> > On Dec 21, 2007 8:51 AM, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us
> > <mailto:neal at bcn.boulder.co.us>> wrote:
> >> I'm curious what folks would like this list to be used for.
> >>
> >> My sense is that we should try to stick to the _intersection_ of
> >> Ubuntu and Colorado.  I.e. it is a great place for posting ideas for
> >> local loco activities and discussing them.  But using it to post or
> >> discuss general linux news duplicates other better sources.   And lots
> >> of general social chat can drive away folks with too much mail already
> >> in their mailbox.
> >>
> >> Of course everything is fun from time to time, and strict rules aren't
> >> much fun.  But there are better lists for general linux news and
> >> better places for chat.
> >>
> >> We've already seen folks unsubscribe from the list because it can get
> >> off-topic or low signal-to-noise.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >> Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
> >>
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