Re: Time for a lounge mailing list

[Jack Carrozzo <jack () crepinc com>]

lounge is good - off topic seems to say that *no* operational content
will be discussed, whereas with "lounge" we can simply move long
threads most people don't care about over there (ie: trolling, TDM,
etc)

-Jack Carrozzo

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Brandon Galbraith
<brandon.galbraith () gmail com> wrote:
> nanog-chat () nanog org?
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Azinger, Marla <
> marla.azinger () 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 () 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 () 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 () nanog org? offtopic () nanog org?
>
>
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> Brandon Galbraith
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