[Talk-us] New List: osm-professional

[Steven Johnson]

Dave,
You're quite right that the word "moderated" has different connotations in a
heterogeneous community. And both Serge and you have gone to great pains to
spell out that moderation will be exercised *lightly* and (hopefully)
infrequently.

Thanks for your concrete and practical suggestions, as well as for fairly
paraphrasing the delicate balance needed to support outreach to this
important community.

Cheers,
SEJ
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On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:11, Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net> wrote:

> 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
>
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