[MF] the way forward for MoQ discussion lists

[Kevin Perez]

Thanks for letting us know about this Horse.  And
thanks for the work you do.  I 
look forward to participating in the bulletin board
forum.


Kevin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Horse" <horse at darkstar.uk.net>
To: <moq_focus at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MF] the way forward for MoQ discussion
lists


> Hi Folks
>
> I've been a bit busy of late getting the MD list up
and running properly, 
> fiddling with site
> pages etc. - hence the lack of contact.
>
> My take on our current position re: where do we go
from here:
>
> The original idea of getting a number of lists up
and running, dealing with 
> general areas
> of discussion, has had some initial support but
without others to help in 
> running them
> this won't happen. Also, I think that trying to get
members to post to the 
> relevant list
> would be an uphill struggle. I'm not opposed to
setting up lists if someone 
> volunteers to
> run it, but it will have to be managed properly and
not end up as another 
> general
> purpose list - i.e. MD MkII.
>
> Spawning huge numbers of mailing lists and seeing
which survive is 
> impractical, time
> consuming and, IMO, ultimately pointless. It'll end
up as a big mess.
>
> Sending out all posts received in one day in a
single hit and limiting the 
> number of posts
> allowed is similarly pointless. Restricting the
number of posts that members 
> can send in
> daily won't work on a voluntary basis - it hasn't in
the past and I can't see 
> it happening in
> the future. And I'm not prepared to spend half my
life either nagging people 
> to limit their
> output or moderating individuals who ignore my
requests. If you want to read 
> posts at a
> particular time then the easiest means of achieving
this is to filter off all 
> MD/MF posts
> into separate mailboxes and read them when you feel
like it.
>
> Given the above, it looks like the way forward will
be to continue with MD as 
> it is and
> introduce a bulletin board forum. I took a look at
the forum that Gert-Jan set 
> up and
> thought that it looked pretty good - thanks G-J.
It's the sort of thing that I 
> wanted to set
> up some time (years) back but the facilities weren't
available. Fortunately 
> they are
> available now. Additionally, once I get a bit of
time, I'll also set up a 
> WIKI - probably from
> the moqtalk domain.
> I'm not entirely sure what to do about MF as it will
probably become 
> irrelevant with the
> setup outlined above but I'm not opposed to keeping
it going if there's a good 
> use to
> which it can be put.
>
> The above isn't set in stone so if you have comments
to make then please feel 
> free to do
> so - but please do try to be constructive.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Horse
>
>
>
> On 7 Dec 2005 at 17:19, Kevin Perez wrote:
>
>> Thanks for asking Sam.
>>
>> The decision belongs to Horse doesn't it?  Or is
Horse
>> waiting for some response
>> from us?
>>
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sam Norton"
<elizaphanian at kohath.wanadoo.co.uk>
>> To: <moq_focus at moqtalk.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: [MF] the way forward for MoQ
discussion
>> lists
>>
>>
>> > So - have we gotten anywhere? Anything going to
>> happen?
>> >
>> >
>> > Sam
>
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