Re: [tlug] Should we stop password protecting the TLUG archives?

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 17/12/05, Edward Middleton <edwardmiddleton@example.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 11:27 +0900, Josh Glover wrote:
> > Does anyone like my Wiki idea?
> I think a Wiki would be a great idea, or even something like something
> like www.kerneltraffic.org

Which is basically just like the GWN, [1] right?

My only issue with that sort of thing is that it basically takes a
volunteer who is willing to summarise the list on a periodic basis. A
weekly / monthly newsletter only makes sense if we are willing to
stick to the schedule. Maybe such a volunteer could be found (not me),
so this issue could be mitigated, but, I guess I have another issue,
now that I have thought about it.

To wit: TLUG traffic can be a bit inconsistent. Sure, we are on a
traffic peak now (the last few weeks have seen more traffic than this
list has seen since early last year, if my memory serves), but we have
months in which there are less than 10 posts, and none of them are
particularly interesting. This can really kill a newsletter approach,
since people will tend to stop caring about the newsletter if a few
issues in a row read, "nothing to see here".

Cheers,
Josh

[1] http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/gwn.xml