[NBLUG/talk] OT: Probability

[ME]

Bill Kendrick said:
> On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 08:06:12PM -0700, ME wrote:
>> Such excession of unrelated material is an abuse of this list and many
>> of its members. Many users and subscribers were initially tolerant of
>> the discussions you started that had nothing to do with Linux.
>> Some members attempted to steer the discussions back on topic to Linux.
>
> I've been quiet about this; I'm not really a very 'active' NBLUG member,
> since I've only been able to make the 2hr drive out there twice, but I
> do have to agree with Mike's assessment.

Thanks Bill. :-)

> I've been silently dropping the threads (Mutt's threading feature is
> helpful for dealing with multi-message discussions), but it has been
> kind of annoying to have to keep trimming and pruning out all of these
> topics that have nothing to do with the topic of the list... the reason
> I subscribed.

Yes, I asked him in the early messages to post more about Linux than off
topic and also to use OT in the subject fo Off Topic comments. Though he
did use OT, he did not decrease the volume of OT. :-(

> Over at LUGOD, we do have the occasional off-topic post; scientific stuff,
> humor, etc.  However, it doesn't seem to be nearly as much as I've seen
> here lately.

Yeah, you guys have a great list. (As you know I am subscribed to your
lists at LUGOD too. Man, that Mike Simmons is well informed.)

> I guess the other nice thing is that we have separate lists.
> "vox-tech" is specifically for technical questions, and for people to
> try to help solve them.  "vox-outreach" is specifically for discussing and
> planning our outreach and public events.
>
> The original list, "vox," is left for "everything else"... including the
> occasional off-topic thread.  What it's REALLY for is discussion of
> Linux in general, and the club itself.  People are urged to move
> TECHNICAL Linux questions, and OUTREACH-related club discussion off to
> their
> respective lists.
>
>
> Not to butt my nose in, but it may be reasonable to split up NBLUG's lists
> similarly.  Honestly, LUGOD and NBLUG's are the two most active sets of
> LUG mailing lists I'm subscribed to.  SVLUG and BALUG amazing pale in
> comparison, for some reason... which is probably why they do well with
> so few public-posting lists.

Feel free to "butt in" as I respect your opinion. You and Pete and the
other LUGOD members have worked hard to make a successful LUG.

This idea (above) has been discussed a few times at our board meetings.
Such a 3rd list I think would be welcomed by users, but we are not so
certain we have enough people to make the cost in time and energy to
maintain another list, have this be worth it. We continue to review it,
and expect to more strongly consider it as the list becomes more active.

We are trying to make our LUG as inviting as yours... You see our new web
site? :-D     We have much more to do though.

> Anyway...  Now I'm rambling.  Just trying to throw my 2c out, since I've
> had a little experience with list issues over at LUGOD.

Not rambling at all. You guys have a very well organized LUG. 2 Meetings
per month, an installfest every month or two, Linux day events, Linux
Demos, a LERT, 5 mailing lists, etc. jobs,outreach,vox,announce,vox-tech
and perhaps other lists I dont know about.

When I go to Grad school, Davis is on the short list partly because of
LUGOD and the poeple from LUGOD that I know. I think Brad is out there
too...

Thanks Bill,

-ME