proposal: osug-leaders list
Jim Grisanzio
I'd like to open a new list for OSUG leaders --
osug-l...@opensolaris.org -- with each OSUG choosing one person to
represent their group on the list. Here's why:
As the OSUG community grows larger it's getting difficult to reach
everyone for important issues. For instance, we have some new resources
for new OSUG kits and other items that we'd like to send soon, and we'll
need to communicate with leaders in a focused way so these things can be
distributed efficiently. There will be a few Sun people working on this,
and they'll be on the list, too. Also, as we update the site and migrate
the OSUGs to their new status as equal to Communities and Projects (see
my previous mails on this), I'll need to talk to the leaders of each
group frequently. I won't be able to ping all 80 lists like I do now,
and when the numbers grow to 100 or 200 I'll be totally buried.
The OSUGs hold the largest number of people in the community, and we
expect these numbers to grow significantly in the coming year. So, a
leaders list seems needed at this point. Once the OSUG leaders are on
this new list they can use it to communicate with other OSUG leaders
around the world to share ideas and such, but the immediate need is
logistical. As new OSUGs come online, I will automatically subscribe the
leaders to the leaders list as I create their projects and group lists.
Cool with all that?
If so, I'll start the process by adding a leader column to the OSUG grid
to list the name of each group's leader. This way, everyone knows who
represents each group and there's no confusion. Now, OSUGs have multiple
leaders, of course, and they are welcome to join the list, but for the
purposes of this I need at least one leader from each OSUG on the list
to represent their group.
Jim
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