[okfn-help] Starting an OKF Contact Directory?

Thu Nov 3 18:45:49 UTC 2011

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:

> On 3 November 2011 11:57, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
> ...
> > It was decided a while back that we shouldn't redo the front page of
> > mailman as this would be costly in terms of time. However, one
> > suggestion that was made was creating a page on a wiki that could
> > route people to the correct pages along the lines of:
> >
> > http://notebook.okfn.org/2011/08/01/design-for-mailman/
>
> I like this. As a newbie the mailing list list is quite intimidating,
> and having a way to see what's most useful/relevant would be great.
>
> Longer term, we could add traffic levels to the wiki page, as those
> are also valuable when you're looking at joining new lists.
>

That would be great!

Laura, do you reckon if I put together the wiki page next Tuesday Hangout -
you would be able to point me in the direction of how to add traffic
levels?

Yey!

Lucy

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> Laura
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> > This would require an additional step in the process every time a new
> > mailing list was created, but I think is probably worth it.
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> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
> > Lucy
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Daniel Dietrich
> > <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
> >> +1
> >>
> >> Daniel
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, 2 November 2011, Nils Toedtmann <nils.toedtmann at okfn.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>> +1  I would use it quite often  /n
> >>>
> >>> On 02/11/11 16:03, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> >>>> There's a lot of internal manual routing of email around the OKF. This
> >>>> is partly as info at okfn.org is cited as the main 'contact' address for
> >>>> loads of different projects. While some manual routing is unavoidable,
> >>>> I feel that at the moment our setup isn't very efficient. ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>> What about having a OKF Contact Directory listed at okfn.org/contact
> >>>> with a list of projects, groups and areas - with a corresponding list
> >>>> of the relevant contact point, as a nice HTML table? This could be the
> >>>> project lead, a Working Group coordinator, an email alias or it might
> >>>> be a public mailing list.
> >>>>
> >>>> A bit like a mini version of the kind of email directory that you
> >>>> often find on University websites.
> >>>>
> >>>> What do people think?
> >>>>
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> >>> --
> >>> See http://nils.toedtmann.net/ for contact details.
> >>>
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