[okfn-help] Starting an OKF Contact Directory?

Fri Nov 4 13:22:44 UTC 2011

Hi Laura,

On Thursday, November 3, 2011, Laura James wrote:

> On 3 November 2011 18:45, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 3 November 2011 11:57, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org<javascript:;>>
> 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)
>

Aha - grand :) Will try and sort this gradually!

Lucy

>
> 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.
> >> >>>
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> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >>
> >> >> Daniel Dietrich
> >> >>
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> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Lucy Chambers
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Lucy Chambers
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