[okfn-help] Starting an OKF Contact Directory?

Thu Nov 3 21:07:50 UTC 2011

On 3 November 2011 18:45, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
> 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?

I was thinking of just doing it manually - as a rough indication -
"100s of messages a week", "a few messages a month" - it gives people
a feeling for what they are letting themselves in for :)  (There may
be a magic way of doing this through mailman but that's a separate
level of effort, I think)

Laura


> Yey!
> Lucy
>
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > This would require an additional step in the process every time a new
>> > mailing list was created, but I think is probably worth it.
>> >
>> > 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?
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> See http://nils.toedtmann.net/ for contact details.
>> >>>
>> >>> _______________________________________________
>> >>> okfn-help mailing list
>> >>> okfn-help at lists.okfn.org
>> >>> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-help
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Daniel Dietrich
>> >>
>> >> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> >> Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age
>> >> www.okfn.org - www.opendefinition.org
>> >>
>> >> www.ddie.me
>> >> twitter.com/ddie
>> >> +49 171 780 870 3
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> okfn-help mailing list
>> >> okfn-help at lists.okfn.org
>> >> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-help
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Lucy Chambers
>> > Community Coordinator
>> > Open Knowledge Foundation
>> > http://okfn.org/
>> > Skype: lucyfediachambers
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > okfn-help mailing list
>> > okfn-help at lists.okfn.org
>> > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-help
>> >
>
>
>
> --
> Lucy Chambers
> Community Coordinator
> Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://okfn.org/
> Skype: lucyfediachambers
>