<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Samuel Thurston <<a href="mailto:sam.thurston@gmail.com">sam.thurston@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Alan Pope feels that "the Ubuntu community doesn't need this list anymore." [...] What do you value about the sounder list? </blockquote></div> <ul><li>As infuriating as some of the posts can be, I must say this: This list is rarely dull. It provides a variety and spice that is in direct contrast to the regular Q&A listserve -- and that's a good thing!</li> <li>I do hope that Alan Pope doesn't take this opposition personally -- I just happen to think that the proposed punishment is WAAAY disproportionate to any infractions that may or may not have occurred. It would also be counterproductive; there would be much more temptation to bring more off-topic comments to the Q&A listserve. </li></ul>--N.B. -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a> & <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">http://www.libreoffice.org/</a> (Nathan Bahn)