[FOSS4G-Oceania] Use of private email threads

[John Bryant]

Thanks Cameron, I can definitely see the value - but am very concerned
about swamping people's inboxes and fear losing their input entirely.

A current example is USB keys - I've started a side thread there as I
suspect it's not of enough interest to all committee members to warrant the
extra traffic.

But I'm very happy to adopt the suggested approach if committee members
express a preference for it?

On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 at 09:57, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> John, all,
>
> I've noticed a few foss4g topics spinning off into private email threads.
>
> I suspect people are trying to reduce signal-to-noise ration, which is
> valid, but dangerous. Topics have a habit of getting big, and then you
> have a long history of discussion you'd like to share with the
> community, but it is poor form to publicly share a person's email that
> was sent in private.
>
> I'd suggest that by default:
>
> * Be concise in communication (most of us are already good at that).
>
> * Go private for personal specifics.
>
> * Sometimes go private for specifics which don't require a response and
> are not of general interest to others.
>
> * Otherwise send emails to our public email lists.
>
> * If someone emails you in private on a public topic, reply first with
> "do you mind if I respond to this email thread publicly?" Once you have
> the ok, respond publicly.
>
> (I'm speaking as an old-timer who is often needing re re-remind myself
> of these conventions.)
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Technology Demystifier
> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>
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