Re: [Debian-NYC] This List
Yawn.
When are we meeting for beers again? The last party was a lot of fun.
-lee
On Jan 27, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, Benj. Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc> wrote:
>
>> <quote who="Jay Sulzberger" date="Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 05:03:40PM
>> -0500">
>>> Mako, what license New York City uses for health care records is
>>> a serious issue. New York City should use only free software,
>>> and in particular, should use only free software for something so
>>> important as medical records.
>>
>> I agree. It's important. I support this event and if I were in town I
>> would probably go. As I'm sure you know, I have gone to many events
>> you've advertised before.
>>
>>> The announcement is dead on topic for this list. Because Debian
>>> folk
>>> should show up at this and like hearings.
>>
>> It's not on topic for this list. This is a list for Debian specific
>> event coordination. Everyone who has followed up so far agrees.
>>
>>> Else we lose by default these particular engagements.
>>
>> Then you should encourage those Debian folks that are interested
>> to sign
>> up on a more general announcement list (maybe LYNX?) where these
>> messages will be on topic. I signed up on several more general
>> lists and
>> thought it was useful.
>
> Thanks, Mako!
>
>>
>> I support your causes Jay. I *really* do. But cross-posting every
>> event
>> everywhere that it might be even tangentially related annoys people,
>> keeps them from compartmentalizing and organizing their incoming
>> emails
>> properly, and might even do you causes more harm than good.
>
> I know we are on the same side.
>
>>
>> Please try to respect other peoples ideas of on-topic and off-topic,
>> even if you don't agree with them. If you are making up 90% of the
>> traffic on a list without even contextualizing your message for the
>> community you are speaking to, your actions are going to be seen as
>> spamming and ultimately treated accordingly.
>
> Please forgive me for not presenting my disagreements with the,
> mostly implicit, argument you here begin to lay out. The issue
> is minor, and, I think, not worth your time nor mine to discuss
> it further here.
>
>>
>> I think your causes are too important to suffer that fate. Please
>> hold
>> off sending non-Debian related announcements to this list.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mako
>
> Ah, thanks for kind word!
>
> Mako, if you want me to not send certain VERY USEFUL AND
> IMPORTANT NOTICES to this list, I will not send them any
> more.
>
> NEW YORK CITY DEBIAN TRIBESFOLK OF THE SOCIAL TENDENCY!
> SIGN UP NOW FOR MORE FREE SOFTWARE AND ALLIED NOTICES!
>
> To sign up for the LXNY announcements list, send an email to
> secretary@lxny.org, with subject line "SUBSCIRBE!" or other
> traditional Usenet greeting, and I will put your address on the
> mailing list. The list is low volume, and mainly consists of
> re-sent notices of free software events, and events that might be
> of interest to free software folk. Often the notices are late.
>
> oo--JS.
>
>
> PS. I CANNOT STOP MYSELF SOMETHING IS HAPPENING THURSDAY AT THE
> COURANT INSTITUTE, SEE FREE CULTURE NYU SITE!
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