Ray,
May I make a suggestion for the next time around?
How about if the registration page asks if you want
to be subscribed to this list?
As I understood it, this experiment was performed at
the request of people on the ietf discussion mailing list.
That list is _not_ the appropriate place to talk about
cookie shortages, mail and netowrk problems and issues with
the hotel, _either_.
Since the registration page already has a number of
questions it ask about things we might or might not want to
do. Why not add one more - and assume the default answer
is "no"?
I like the idea of having a separate list because it
allows me to decide quickly what I can safely ignore most
of the time.
--
Eric
--> -----Original Message-----
--> From: Ray Pelletier [mailto:rpelletier(_at_)isoc(_dot_)org]
--> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 10:53 PM
--> To: ahawrylyshen(_at_)ditechcom(_dot_)com
--> Cc: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
--> Subject: Re: The IETF 66 Attendees Alias
-->
--> Alan, et al.
--> Message received.
--> I agree.
--> Changes being made.
--> Experiment provided valuable information.
--> Sorry for the pain.
--> Ray
--> IAD
-->
-->
--> Alan Hawrylyshen wrote:
-->
--> > Folks;
--> >
--> > I understand the utility and need for the administrative
--> staff to have
--> > a mailing alias for all registered delegates for the 66th
--> IETF event.
--> > However, in all the meetings I have attended - which is
--> more than a
--> > few, but less than most of you - I have never been
--> deluged with such a
--> > volume of non-critical announcements in my main inbox.
--> >
--> > I hope that people will understand my strong desire and sympathize
--> > with my point of view when I request that all general
--> IETF messages be
--> > posted uniquely to the IETF general list and that this address be
--> > reserved only for the critical or emergency announcements by the
--> > administrative staff. One step better would be for this
--> address to be
--> > moderated so we no longer receive various complaints about water
--> > closets and wifi unless we seek them out on the IETF
--> discussion lists.
--> > :-)
--> >
--> > Perhaps if there is a strong desire to have a 'hallway or
--> watercooler
--> > style' list for discussions pertaining uniquely to IETF
--> 66 attendees,
--> > we could create a NEW mailing list that is OPT-IN called
--> > 66attendees-chat (or similar) at ietf.org. I'd even
--> volunteer to set
--> > one up (at a different domain of course) for the duration
--> of IETF 66.
--> >
--> > My sincere apologies if I have misunderstood the purpose of the
--> > 66attendees address but my BlackBerry is going crazy with
--> things that
--> > I would not normally choose to have in my commercial,
--> corporate email
--> > box.
--> >
--> > Respectfully,
--> >
--> > Alan Hawrylyshen
--> >
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