[KLUG Members] KLUG List FAQ

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>Do we need 7 lists?
Perhaps. The number of list is less important than other factors.

>At the rate by which we seem to be adding and modifying our lists we'll soon
>have a specialized list for every topic we can come up with and then negate
>the need for the members list.
The members list itself ought to be common ground for everyone. When we 
started to set up lists, we required that everyone retain membership in the 
common list so we could maintain a sense of cohesion in the group. Not everyone
wants to read about a couple of peoples travails with a video card, or see 
people talk about the advantages of other OS'es. Thus, we develop lists.

>The creation of the hardware list is particularly troublesome to me.  For
>example which list should the question "How do I configure my ..."
>Now the original post should probably go to the members list since it's a
>configuration question.  But what if...
There are no hard and fast rules for this; I expect some will be developed 
over time. No one is going to flame you posting it to a broad list, such as
members, BUT if it develops into athread, I would expect that someone will
encourage you and other thread participants to move it off the members list
and onto one of the more specialized lists, probably depending on how the 
thread develops.

Ultimately, this will also depend on your own judgement.

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