[Talk-us] New List: osm-professional

[Dave Hansen]

On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 17:57 +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Serge Wroclawski wrote:
> > Most people know what professional behavior is, and if things get out
> > of hand, we'll talk to them. Semi-moderated means at first, all post
> > and all people will be moderated. Over time, we'll probably get go of
> > the reins a bit
> 
> Ok. I would like to be part of a professional OSM mailing list but not 
> one that is moderated. I guess I'll just ask for a second, unmoderated 
> list to be created ;-)

If things ever got severely out of control on talk-us, I think I'd be OK
with switching the moderation bit on.  But, I don't recall ever getting
*anywhere* close to doing that.  Maybe with this thread. ;)

Serge, it looks like there may be a bit of sensitivity with calling
lists "moderated".  Although I think it's fair to spell out the
expectations:

 * The list's express purpose is to cater to those who wish to work on
   or with OSM in a professional capacity
 * Posters are expected to be welcoming to others, keep flamewars to a
   minimum

I think it's also fair to say that if there are people who are not being
welcoming to others that they will be asked to unsubscribe from the
list.  It goes without saying on any list that if anyone misbehaves,
they'll get their moderation bit turned on.  If that fails repeatedly,
then perhaps move to full moderation.

I'd be much more apt to subscribe to a list like that than one which
starts out (and stays) moderated.

-- Dave