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On 23:51 Mon 26 Jan , Alec Warner wrote: |
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> A long time ago I suggested some sort of pr-onduty role where |
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> basically for a set period you are the prime pr contact and if someone |
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> has news it is your job to review and post it or reject it. This was |
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> never implemented; but may be a good idea if we are limited by commit |
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> access. One of the main problems with posting to an alias is that you |
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> can always not reply and it will become someone else's problem(TM) |
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> until no one replies and the message is ignored. |
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+1 |
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Recently, i had started a thread here on -dev regarding the newsletter. |
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I was asked to post to gmn-feedback. Sorry, haven't heard from them as |
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yet. I wonder a pr-onduty may have worked! |
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> I for one almost never read pr@ because it is mostly spam and it is |
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> difficult to locate useful requests from crap. It may be useful to |
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> tag important items with NEWS ITEM or UPDATE or something. |
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> If GuideXML makes it hard to post we can perhaps develop a technical solution. |
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> If there is not enough content I'm sure we can brainstorm ideas on |
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> what we could do (index2 covers this area pretty well IMHO). |
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I doubt lack of content to be the real issue. As the OP mentions, if such a |
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problem exists why not ask for help from the community in a more direct way. |
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Maybe, something like the monthly reminders we get for the council-meeting. |
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To back up the fact that lack of content should be a non-issue is the |
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following excerpt from the thread i mentioned: |
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Nathan Zachary <kalos@g.o> wrote: |
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I would be happy to help out with the newsletter, especially |
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with the "one article." |
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So, see, people are willing to help with the content. Their prowess needs |
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to be utilized and channeled, i guess. |
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> But mostly I want to address concrete problems. |
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> -Alec |
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Thanks & Regards, |
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Man Shankar <man.ee.gen(at)gmail.com> |