[KLUG Members] KLUG List FAQ

[John Bridleman]

* Patrick Stockton (codejnki@earthlink.net) wrote:
> Do we need 7 lists?

I think so.

> The creation of the hardware list is particularly troublesome to me.  For
> example which list should the question "How do I configure my ADUPTEC
> Ultra/Super/Gigantic/Wide 33/66/99 SCSI RAID Controler card under Mandrake
> 7.1?"
> 
> Now the original post should probably go to the members list since it's a
> configuration question.  But what if I've only been using Linux for 3 weeks,
> does that make it a newbie question?  Now what if someone who thinks
> ADUPTEC's boards and thier driver support sucks might think that switching
> controler cards is what I should do, so would that response go to the
> Advocacy (formerly the taste's great/less filing list) List or the hardware
> discuss list?
> 
> I think you can see where I'm going with this.  I see the members list as
> the forum by which members of KLUG can discuss what ever topic they feel is
> important enough to discuss.  Seven lists seems a tad excessive.
> 

At first, I would have agreed with you. But after thinking about it for a little while I came to the conclusion that it really doesn't matter if we have 7 lists or 20 lists. KLUG will still generate the same number of messages.

By splitting up the general members list into topic specific lists we give the users of KLUG and opportunity to opt-out of reading certain topics that just don't interest them. I, for one, could care less about the os-discuss list. The bantering back and forth about Microsoft vs. Linux is a moot point.... to me. But it is very interesting to others.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the inclusion of more lists in the future.
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John Bridleman / john@bridleman.org