[Swansea Hackspace] Community building

[Tom Lloyd]

All lists would be open - I meant to have separate lists purely so admin
and organisational business doesn't get lost amongst general chit chat.
Subject line prefixes could do this job too, although I lean more toward
separate lists, as the functionality is already there in Mailman and it
keeps things nicely sorted.  Justin's the one who actually has to do it, so
up to him :)

Re. guidelines, good idea - but let's avoid hard rules where possible.
Where there are rules there are rules-nazis, and nobody likes them.

-- Tom


On 24 April 2013 13:56, Paul Harwood <paul at harwood-leon.com> wrote:

> 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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