[CoLoCo] ! purpose of the coloco list

[TC]

Or a coloco-announce that is moderated.

Mitch Mahan wrote:
> I had a similar thought –
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> How about adding a ! to strictly CoLoCo related e-mails (and removing
> that bang when things fall off-topic?).
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> This way we can sort the mail for ‘casual fluff’ and ‘important stuff’.
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> -          Mitch
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> *From:* ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of *TJ Heaney
> *Sent:* Friday, December 21, 2007 11:45 PM
> *To:* Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team
> *Subject:* Re: [CoLoCo] purpose of the coloco list
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> The biggest problem, as with any list, is separating the wheat from the
> chaff.
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> A possible solution is to include a flag (manually entered) of "Off
> Topic" or something when it is not entirely an Ubuntu/Linux sort of
> thing, ( i.e. [CoLoCo] OFF TOPIC Billy-Bob is having a Kegger, C'mon
> down y'all")
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> On Dec 21, 2007 11:35 PM, W S <ws3reg at gmail.com
> <mailto:ws3reg at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> I guess I would be among those that say "it is what it is".  I like
> the list the way it is. :)
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> On Dec 21, 2007 8:51 AM, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us
> <mailto:neal at bcn.boulder.co.us>> wrote:
>> I'm curious what folks would like this list to be used for.
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>> My sense is that we should try to stick to the _intersection_ of
>> Ubuntu and Colorado.  I.e. it is a great place for posting ideas for
>> local loco activities and discussing them.  But using it to post or
>> discuss general linux news duplicates other better sources.   And lots
>> of general social chat can drive away folks with too much mail already
>> in their mailbox.
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>> Of course everything is fun from time to time, and strict rules aren't
>> much fun.  But there are better lists for general linux news and
>> better places for chat.
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>> We've already seen folks unsubscribe from the list because it can get
>> off-topic or low signal-to-noise.
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>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
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