[d at DCC] Do we want to close unused mailing lists?

[Russell McOrmond]

   In the past we created a few dedicated list to move those discussions 
from the main list.  The idea was that this list was getting too large for 
some people to follow.  Unfortunately for the moment they are only 
generating additional work for me to filter out additional copies of SPAM.

The following lists exist:
    http://list.digital-copyright.ca/mailman/listinfo

List       Description

Announce   Announcement list for Digital Copyright Canada
Dcc-vols   Digital Copyright Canada site/list volunteers
Discuss    General Copyright Discussions (questions, organizing, etc)
Montreal   Organizing people in Montreal
Policy     PCT (Patent, Copyright, Trademark, etc) Policy/legal
            discussion


   The announce list has very infrequent announcements form me (as 
advertised), and the discuss list is busy, but the other 3 lists are 
largely unused.

   Should I just close them?

Note: I didn't use the 'policy' or 'dcc-vols' list when asking for help on 
the recent petition as so few people have subscribed to those lists.



   Another thought:

   For those in this list who are involved in FLOSS software, you should 
know about the restructuring happening at CLUE.  Earlier this year it 
switched from being the "Canadian Linux Users Exchange" to being "CLUE: 
The Canadian Association for Open Source".  I have been brought in to be 
their policy coordinator.  Much of what I have been doing as a volunteer 
under the banner of Digital Copyright Canada or GOSLING is hopefully 
moving to being more official with CLUE.

    Please consider joining CLUE as a member http://www.cluecan.ca/join , 
or as a minimum joining their mailing lists to help grow this community.
    http://www.cluecan.ca/lists

   There will always be a need for a forum like Digital Copyright Canada 
that includes citizens from all aspects of society that share some ideas, 
but I believe that there are many advantages to what a formal group like 
CLUE (with members who pay dues, elected board of directors, and paid 
staff) can do.

-- 
  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
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