Dear Pluggies, We are all aware of the mailing list issues and various threads about the same.
After going through them and considering list-members reactions, there were lot of discussions off-list with moderators and many others about the issues. Finally, the time has come to change things. This is the proposal for change from the current state of the list. Please do send your comments, suggestions. 1. All the users moderation flag (that is currently set) to be removed. Any new member joining the list will not get a moderation flag set. 2. All the current filters to be removed and started from scratch. Let us use the list of filters from Arun Khan's mail to start of the new filters list. 3. Any change (add/delete/modify) of filter and add/remove moderation flag for a list member and removing of any list member is to be done by voting. 15 votes in favour of the proposal required for approval. (eg. 20 votes in favour and 5 negative votes is OK) 4. There will be moderator/s but they will act only once in a week. This is considering that there will be hardly anything in moderation and there will be less filters applicable. Moderators identities will not be disclosed. 5. It is the responsibility of the list members to maintain the list active, vibrant and useful. If they feel that some member or post (top posting to be allowed or not?) is not appropriate, they should propose action against it and that will also be passed through voting. 6. Considering the above, it will be decided on the list itself if the list is to be declared moderated or un-moderated. 7. All these decisions will be posted on the PLUG website and will be updated according to the decisions on the list. RFC remains open till 31 Jan 2013, during which all the initial filters, moderation methods etc will be crystalised. After that, from Feb 1, 2013, the decisions will be implemented. Please start different thread for suggesting/approving/voting for filters or other actions. Currently, all these postings will also undergo current filter rules and moderation. Moderators will ensure that there is minimal delay in responding to these mails. Please comment/suggest on these points and/or any other things if you have in mind. Thanks and regards, --Sudhanwa Jogalekar ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
