Time for a lounge mailing list

Brandon Galbraith brandon.galbraith at gmail.com
Wed Mar 31 16:19:02 UTC 2010


nanog-chat at nanog.org?

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Azinger, Marla <
marla.azinger at frontiercorp.com> wrote:

> I'm sending this to the proper request email.
>
> This is a decent idea that I support.
>
> NANOG Crew please read the below email and consider establishing a separate
> "socializing" email address so operational topics only exist on the current
> email list.
>
> Cheers
> Marla Azinger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Senie [mailto:dts at senie.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:47 AM
> To: NANOG list
> Subject: Time for a lounge mailing list
>
> It's been clear for a very long time that the NANOG crowd likes to
> socialize. At NANOGs, social settings are where connections are made, beers
> consumed, sometimes scuba dives shared or other local attractions explored.
> It is certainly a good thing, and fosters much useful discussion among peers
> who become friends.
>
> That said, the nanog at nanog.org mailing list often is overrun with
> non-operational discussion. Certainly there are some good examples today,
> such as job titles, or arguing about the best way to rid the list of a
> troll.
>
> Creation of a second mailing list to handle non-operational, social traffic
> for the nanog crowd would be one way to keep the main list on topic. Might
> even boost productivity, as folks could more easily defer reading and
> responding to the non-operational stuff until their off-hours.
>
> So how about it? lounge at nanog.org? offtopic at nanog.org?
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