[ale] ale list now linked with google groups ale list

[James Taylor]

It's only a backchannel  if it's something I would use.  If the list is down I can wait until it's back up again.  The list is useful, but not essential to my life.
I don't have a problem checking the web site for a status if the list is down.
I do have problem with my list messages being propagated to an entirely different communication medium.
If I subscribe to a listserver I expect the messages I generate to be directed at that audience unless specifically defined by the list policies, in which case I can decide at that time whether I want to subscribe.
-jt



James Taylor
The East Cobb Group, Inc.
678-697-9420
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>>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at  4:01 PM, in message
<437d2f230802211301k36067009rdcbbe3140928cbd2 at mail.gmail.com>, "Jim Kinney"
<jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote: 
> That is because before the new ale list was online, I was able to slap-dash
> a google group up as an interim communication method. I did this with a
> quickly grabbed list of emails of people from my personal archives that was
> by no means inclusive or exclusive. It was just what I grabbed.
> 
> It is of no value now that the real ale list is back up except as a
> secondary backchannel in the event of failure.
> 
> Besides, splintering this group is already accomplished by the other
> meet5ing locations. Add to it that the group looks like particle board and
> not plywood anyway. glued together by linux...
> 
> :)
> 
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> James Taylor wrote:
>> > Why? I'm signed up for the ALE mailing list.  If I'd wanted my stuff
>> > propagated to a Google group I would have signed up for one. -jt
>>
>> I don't see the purpose. Further, I've just visited the site and I see
>> conversations going on there that are not on the list.
>>
>> Unless I'm missing something, this will simply splinter the group.
>>
>> --
>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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>> temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
>>  - Benjamin Franklin
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