[clug] An alternate place for longer, meandering threads?

[Daniel Pittman]

Mike Carden <mike.carden at gmail.com> writes:
>> Neill Cox <neill.cox at ingenious.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Personally I think this discussion was on topic for the list.
>
> I concur. Mailing lists are by nature eclectic. It's very unlikely that any
> subscriber will find every conversation to their liking.

Well, for what it is worth, in my opinion the topic of a social issue around
Linux and FOSS in general, especially in the area of "user participation", is
on-topic for a group targetting users of the same. ;)

> I do wonder about people on a 'geek' list who have difficulty filtering
> their email, but it takes all kinds I guess.
>
> I see no need to fragment the CLUG list to discuss issues of participation
> and bias. People here have valuable things to say and many are willing to
> listen.

A split into technical and non-technical topics is pretty reasonable, and
probably maps reasonable well to the membership[1]: some people will be
strictly interested in technical discussion, while others are interested in
the broader picture and/or the "community" aspects.

Regards,
        Daniel


Footnotes: 
[1]  I don't know CLUG well enough to be sure of this, but it certainly has
     been the case in every user group I have known well enough to have a firm
     opinion about.

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