Re: Question for Chairs: Plans to use/desire for four lists? [was Re: Feedback - email lists]

On 12 Jul 2011, at 19:02, Ian Jacobs wrote:

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> On 12 Jul 2011, at 3:42 AM, Chris Mills wrote:
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>> On 11 Jul 2011, at 15:39, Harry Halpin wrote:
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>>> On 07/11/2011 01:45 AM, Gerald Oskoboiny wrote:
>>>> * Dominique Hazael-Massieux<dom@w3.org>  [2011-07-01 14:33+0200]
>>>>> Le vendredi 01 juillet 2011 à 22:12 +1000, ri@odrl.net a écrit :
>>>>>> I am slightly confused as to why we need the 4 default email lists.
>>>>> The 4 default list are:
>>>>> * public-shortname : publicly archived list where only people who have
>>>>> signed the CLA agreement can participate; unless I'm mistaken, anything
>>>>> sent to that list can be considered as a contribution under the CLA
>>>>> terms
>>>>> * public-shortname-contrib: publicly archived list open to external
>>>>> subscriptions where discussions with people that have not signed the CLA
>>>>> agreement can participate
>>>> quick correction: public-shortname is writable by anyone and the
>>>> -contrib lists are writable only by those who have signed the CLA.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> So, essentially the "public" lists are equivalent to "-comment" list in Working Groups, and the "contrib" The "internal" lists are equivalent to the "private" lists for W3C Groups.
>>> 
>>> Two questions for chairs of CGs:
>>> 
>>> 1) Does any group plan to use/want an "contrib" list?
>>> 
>>> 2) However, does any group plan to use/want an "internal" list?
>> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> I'm up for position of co-chair of the WebEd CG, and also fairly new to W3C procedures, etc.
>> 
>> I'm thinking that in the WebEd CG, we'll want
>> 
>> 1. some sort of public list for open discussions,
> 
> webed@w3.org
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> 
>> and
>> 2. a private list for the co-chairs and any other inner circle types we have to discuss sensitive matters. 
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> internal-webed@w3.org may or may not suffice. It's visible to Participants, Membership, Team.
> 
> I'll have to investigate whether we create a chairs-only list.
> 
>> But I also thought it'd be nice to consider an alternative interaction mechanism - how about a single list or forum, shared between all CGs, for discussing public stuff, and topics useful to all the CGs, which people could filter for topics of interest?
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> That's the W3C Forum:
> http://www.w3.org/community/forum/
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>  "The W3C Forum is available to anyone to start a discussion within the W3C community about ideas for new work or a new Community Group or Business Group. Through this venue you can share your ideas and find others to work with you."
> 
> Is that what you imagined?

Thanks for the reply Ian - these do sound like they will serve our purposes well. We'll investigate them soon enough, and get back to you if we have any feedback.

Chris

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