There really is no function to do that and even if there were, how is that much different than having a channel topic which is already mostly ignored? Besides, that would only provide information to those people who actually use IRC. <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Greg McCrory <<a href="mailto:greg@coolbrew.com">greg@coolbrew.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I would even venture the argument that recent decisions, notices, and other information should be continuously scrolled on the IRC channel by the channel bot. <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> Dustin Puryear wrote: > Did you know the list is configured to reply to the OP instead of back > to the list? I just clicked Reply and it was addressed to > <a href="mailto:wesj@wesleyharp.com">wesj@wesleyharp.com</a>. Odd. Just a FYI. > > Anyway, this is pretty much par for the course, so you just have to get > used to it. If someone asks something that is already documented, just > reply with the URL. Eventually that will help. Otherwise, that's just > the way the Internet is. :) > > -- > Dustin Puryear > President and Sr. Consultant > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > 225-706-8414 x112 > <a href="http://www.puryear-it.com" target="_blank">http://www.puryear-it.com</a> > > Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" >    <a href="http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/" target="_blank">http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/</a> > > > Wesley Harp wrote: > >> I don't want to be writing this email, I wish there was no need.  That >> being said, it is not my intention to step on anyone's toes or offend >> anyone.  Additionally, I am not speaking for the group even if I use >> "we" or any other plural pronoun. >> >> Our resources are stretched pretty thinly.  For a team with 30+ members, >> there is a very small minority doing most of the work.  I understand >> that's how thing are in life and I'm ok with it, or at least more ok >> with it than I used to be.  That being said, what I don't think is ok is >> for all the work we are doing to be ignored.  We try to keep everyone >> informed as much as possible.  We send out information to the mailing >> list, there are posts on the forums, meeting reminders are sent out, and >> there are details on things on the wiki.  All this takes a LOT of work. >> We miss some things, but by and large the information is all up to date >> and accurate. >> >> I feel like no matter how much information we're putting out there, we >> keep getting asked the same questions over and over.  Questions whose >> answers are easily found on one or more of our team resources (wiki, >> forum, Google calendar, etc.).  The answers are always available if you >> do a little looking.  I understand that everyone doesn't have the same >> amount of time to put forth, but for the people who show up once every >> month or so and want to know why they don't know about decision X, or >> feature Y I'm not sure what to say.  We can only do so much. If people >> aren't willing to keep themselves informed and up to date on what's >> going on there's not much we can do about that.  At the same time, we >> aren't here to spoon feed information to everyone. >> >> All I'm asking is that people read the information we're sending out and >> make sure to check the site and other resources before you ask your >> questions.  If you're going to commit to being a part of the team, then >> part of that commitment is keeping yourself informed.  It's up to you. >> >> >> Wes >> >> > > -- Ubuntu-us-la mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-la@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-la@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-la" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-la</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>