[Imc] Re: [Imc-events] performance list changes

[Sarah Kanouse]

Hi Zach and everyone--

The addition of a moderated list was made under the consensus of the finance group that communicating with our members (i.e. announcing events and promoting retail) is best done with weekly emails.  We have quite a few members who are not on the general imc list because it is too heavily trafficked, and they are not interested in wading through lots of administrative or project oriented emails in order to catch an announcement they might possibly be interested in.  So I decided the easiest way to do this would be to create a moderated list dedicated to announcing events that happen at the IMC.  It's moderated to prevent it from becoming a general bulletin board for community events--I want to keep as many members subscribed as possible.  A very specific list for a very specific purpose.

--Sarah
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:10:03    Zachary C. Miller wrote:
>I've done some tidying up on the list server:
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>imc-performance is now dead because it wasn't being used. Performance
>discussions are being had in imc-space. Performance was never a real
>focus group.
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>imc-retail is now dead because it wasn't being used. Retail
>discussions are being had in imc-fundraising. Retail was never a real
>focus group.
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>imc-events has been created as a moderated events announcement list
>run by Sascha and Sarah. This was done at the initiative of them, I
>don't know if it is under the rubric of a focus group or not.
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>I am uncomfortable philosophically with having moderated lists that
>are not sanctioned by a focus group or the steering committee because
>I worry about accountability of the moderators. Obviously in this case
>its fine, Sascha and Sarah will do fine. I just want it to be clear to
>me as the site admin who has the authority to tell me to change the
>moderators. IMC-events is a list maintained by the space focus group
>then I know that it is the space group that can tell me when to change
>admins and I will listen to them.
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>Also, in the future, I would encourage people to always contact me
>when they want to massively convert a list to a new purpose or want to
>have a new list created because I can suggest ways to do it in the
>least obtrusive, least confusing, most consistent way. I can also
>offer some short cuts. 
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>Sysadmin'ing these servers is the one thing that I've said all along,
>even in my reduced volunteerism mode that I will happily do. Since
>they're my servers it makes the most sense for me to take care of
>them. Please don't hessitate to talk to me before taking on some big
>change.
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>-- 
>Zachary C. Miller - @= - http://wolfgang.groogroo.com/
>IMSA 1995 - UIUC 2000 - Just Another Leftist Muppet - Ya Basta!
> Social Justice, Community, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Feminism,
> Sustainability, Responsibility, Diversity, Democracy, Ecology
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