[osol-mktg] Re: [ug-discuss] Sponsor Project Indiana

[Stephen Lau]

Michal Pryc wrote:
> Jim Grisanzio wrote:
>> /sending to both lists due to the possible merger of the Marketing and 
>> User Group communities/
>>
>>
>> hey ...
>>
>> I'd like to suggest that the Marketing Community and/or the User Group 
>> Community endorse Glynn's Project Indiana proposal:
>>
>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-May/000555.html
>>
>> The team needs a sponsoring community so a project space and mail list 
>> can be set up, and I think our communities should be involved in this 
>> project since we stand to benefit from its potential success. I've 
>> suggested this to Glynn on the OGB list:
>>
>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-June/000819.html
>>
>> Agree? Disagree?
> 
> Hello,
> For the last few weeks there was probably 1000+ e-mails about project 
> Indiana. That is brilliant, since it tells that this conversation was 
> really needed, and this kind of project is also needed.
> 
> I was trying to follow the threads, some people were pointing very 
> important things and some just complaining without being creative. I 
> think that they just do like to complain :)
> 
> First people received a lot of messages on the opensolaris-discuss, than 
> the conversation was spreading in the light speed to the other mailing 
> lists.
> 
> (I will try to complain a little. I hope with some creative thought).
> 
> Maybe this is a time to create indiana-discuss mailing list, and just 
> point to alias on the other mailing-lists, so the discussion will move 
> up there. Why?
> 
> - people that are returning after 3 days off will not have 200+ messages 
> in the mailbox (most of them will not even try to touch the thread)
> - everything will be in one place, so there will be no cross mailing
> - people that are not interested, will not resign from subscribing to 
> the mailing lists, just because they get to much messages
> - much more reasons :)
> 

This whole thread has been about getting the marketing community to 
sponsor Project Indiana so that it can get project space, and thus a 
mailing list.

cheers,
steve

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