lounge is good - off topic seems to say that *no* operational content will be discussed, whereas with "lounge" we can simply move long threads most people don't care about over there (ie: trolling, TDM, etc)
-Jack Carrozzo On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Brandon Galbraith <brandon.galbra...@gmail.com> wrote: > nanog-c...@nanog.org? > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Azinger, Marla < > marla.azin...@frontiercorp.com> wrote: > >> I'm sending this to the proper request email. >> >> This is a decent idea that I support. >> >> NANOG Crew please read the below email and consider establishing a separate >> "socializing" email address so operational topics only exist on the current >> email list. >> >> Cheers >> Marla Azinger >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Daniel Senie [mailto:d...@senie.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:47 AM >> To: NANOG list >> Subject: Time for a lounge mailing list >> >> 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? >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Brandon Galbraith > Voice: 630.492.0464 >
