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Opinions wanted re blog-style NANOG list content
From: Joe Abley <jabley () isc org>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:37:55 +0300
[bcc'd to nanog () nanog org] Call for Community Participation The NANOG Steering Committee is interested in hearing feedback from the community about the following topic. Private comments may be sent to steering () nanog org. Public discussion is encouraged, and should take place on the nanog-futures mailing list. For information about subscription to the nanog-futures mailing list, see <http://www.nanog.org/email.html>. Commentary on Current Events on the NANOG List Many threads on NANOG begin with a bare reference to some article published elsewhere (e.g. a blog, or a news organisation web site). While some of these threads have undoubted relevance to network operations, others are certainly off-topic. Some participants of the NANOG list have expressed frustration at the perceived off-topic chatter on the list resulting from these threads. Other participants have commented that they welcome the content. There is no clear majority opinion known to the NANOG Steering Committee. A common medium for distribution of information such as those contained in these NANOG threads is the weblog. Blogs have established mechanisms for facilitating follow-up commentary from readers, and are also readily syndicated through RSS or e-mail. Two notable such blogs already exist: Fergie's Tech Blog <http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/>, an individual initiative of long-time NANOG contributor Paul Fergusson Merit's SlashNOG <http://slashnog.merit.edu/>, a proof-of-concept discussion forum styled after Slashdot The NANOG Steering Committee is interested in hearing the opinions of the community on this topic. For example: 1. Should current events/news bulletin-style threads be declared universally off-topic for the NANOG mailing list? 2. Should NANOG encourage, facilitate, or otherwise support a blog or similar forum for this content? Please follow-up to the nanog-futures mailing list <http:// www.nanog.org/email.html> or send private commentary to the NANOG Steering Committee at <steering () nanog org>. Joe Abley (for the NANOG SC)
Current thread:
- Opinions wanted re blog-style NANOG list content Joe Abley (Sep 08)
- Re: Opinions wanted re blog-style NANOG list content Eric Germann (Sep 08)