<div dir="ltr">It's probably a reasonable suggestion to close the newbies@osm down for lack of use. What concerns me is where the the newbies going? Is there any data to suggest that they are being served on the forum? A quick look at the section "Questions and Answers" would indicate that people are using the forum. Since I've never participated in the forum (I prefer a mailing list) can those who do participate let us know how well they feel newbies are being served there?<div><br></div><div>Clifford</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Rob Nickerson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" target="_blank">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On 11 January 2016 at 19:22, Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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> Am 11.01.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Rob Nickerson <<a href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" target="_blank">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> Would be happy to see a few other low use mailing lists closed.<br>
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</span>why?<br></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Because they are not benefiting the community but they are a time hog for anyone who wants to interact with the community. For example, I am currently helping to set up a UK group. To get started we needed to contact as many people as possible to raise awareness of this aim. A fragmented set of communication options makes this harder.<br><br></div><div>My analogy with retail products: Competition is good, but sometimes I feel manufactures flood the market so much that it is impossible for the end user to make an informed decision (not helped by retailers often not providing good explanations).<br><br></div><div>It would be nice to see a review of our communication channels (what works, what doesn't) but the CWG isn't resourced to do that right now.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Rob <br></div></font></span></div></div></div>
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