Everyone- this conversation should take place at nanog-futu...@nanog.org. That list is for meta-discussions like this.
Thanks! Kris On Mar 31, 2010, at 9:25 AM, Jack Carrozzo wrote: > 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 >> >
