On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Daniel Senie wrote:
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? lou...@nanog.org? offto...@nanog.org?
The IETF has found an "attendees" list useful.
Marshall
