[OSM-talk] Proposal to close newbies@ list

[Rob Nickerson]

On 11 January 2016 at 19:22, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> > Am 11.01.2016 um 19:20 schrieb Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com
> >:
> >
> > Would be happy to see a few other low use mailing lists closed.
>
>
> why?
>

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.

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).

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.

Rob
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