[Swansea Hackspace] Community building

[Paul Harwood]

All I can say it that on the Bristol Hackspace list (which I have been following for a few months) there is no real distinction and the threads are all lumped into the main Hackspace list as far as I can tell (admin, chat, access issues). They seem to have a thriving list. I could be wrong there, but that is my impression.

In the inclusive nature of these things - I would also argue that administrative issues are everyones business, as their implications may affect everyone. 

Issues of a private nature are best sent directly to individuals, such as the one I am about to send to Justin about a possible space (with plans that cannot go onto a public archive). Further details can be then filtered down to the list for everyone to see at the individuals discretion.

@talk is not a bad idea, but it would create a bit of a dilemma for topics that cross the divide - such as chatting about venues for meetings.

Perhaps a simpler solution would be to mark administrative items with "ADMIN - thread name" or things that are blatantly off topic can be market with "OT - Thread name". Then people can set up their email filters accordingly (i.e. if they only want to get admin messages). As a convention, not a rule though.

As for a code-of-conduct - absolutely.

Forums - nope, bad idea.

:)

Paul

On 24 Apr 2013, at 13:12, Tom Lloyd <napalmllama at gmail.com> wrote:

> A technical list might be a good idea too, for help with those matters.

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