Re: Ten Years of Considerate Help

2011-05-31 Thread Peter Scott
On Tue, 31 May 2011 18:13:20 +0100, Dermot wrote: > I'd like to put an idea out to see what the list thinks, what if Casey > asked for a moderator to take on the role for one year and then the list > hold an electon[1] in 12 months time for another moderator. That's as reasonable an idea as any.

Re: Ten Years of Considerate Help

2011-05-31 Thread Dermot
On 30 May 2011 01:57, Casey West wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Casey West wrote: > > > I received three unsolicited recommendations for moderators to this list, > one volunteer, and three unsolicited requests to deny moderatorship from > some individuals. Some of these lists intersec

Re: Ten Years of Considerate Help

2011-05-29 Thread Rob Dixon
On 30/05/2011 01:57, Casey West wrote: On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Casey West wrote: 1.10 - Who will maintain peace and flow on the list? [...] -- http://learn.perl.org/faq/beginners.html#1.10+who+will+maintain+peace+and+flow+on+the+list Casey, in view of what you have said

Re: Ten Years of Considerate Help

2011-05-29 Thread Casey West
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:59 AM, Casey West wrote: > 1.10 - Who will maintain peace and flow on the list? > > [...] > -- > http://learn.perl.org/faq/beginners.html#1.10+who+will+maintain+peace+and+flow+on+the+list > > Anyone here with the desire and temperament can do that. If you would l

Re: Ten Years of Considerate Help

2011-04-27 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Ted, It was a thought provoking E-mail. Let me reply. On Wednesday 27 Apr 2011 11:58:48 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > On 4/22/2011 3:17 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > I recall that the traffic on the list was very overwhelming and that > > someone commented to me that whenever he set to compose a mess

Re: Ten Years of Considerate Help

2011-04-27 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
On 4/22/2011 3:17 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: I recall that the traffic on the list was very overwhelming and that someone commented to me that whenever he set to compose a message answering a beginner, he already got several good replies by the time he finished. The traffic now may also be a bit too

Re: Ten Years of Considerate Help

2011-04-23 Thread Peter Scott
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:39:15 -0400, Casey West wrote: > Shortly after this mailing list got off the ground I wrote an article > trying to instigate the Perl community to embrace the idea of a safe > place for newcomers, both to Perl and programming. It's been pointed out > I was marginally hyperbol

Re: Ten Years of Considerate Help

2011-04-22 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Casey and List, On Friday 22 Apr 2011 20:39:15 Casey West wrote: > Hi List, > > It's hard for me to accept this mailing list has been around for ten years! > http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.beginners/2001/04/msg1.html > Great. > The catalyst for creating this list was my embarassing d