Dear all, since we have one week to present our contributions (the deadline is Jan 31) and considering that some of the topics are no piece of cake, I suggest that we start immediatly and use this list for discussions of each topic, in separate e-mail threads. <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Roland Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
In message <AANLkTine7mH6vsLs_z5sf9PZv=<a href="mailto:tiJbRLW5uZhvuZYrp6@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">tiJbRLW5uZhvuZYrp6@mail.gmail.com</a>>, at 16:42:18 on Sat, 22 Jan 2011, Fouad Bajwa <<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com" target="_blank">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>> remarked:<div class="im">
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Still, a separate list doesn't make sense............it takes a lot<br>
for many to follow just this one from the developing part of the<br>
world.........I like the interpretation for small lists and<br>
productivity but it doesn't answer the need for openness and<br>
accessibility.<br>
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I wasn't arguing in favour of a closed group... just pointing out that newly-formed open groups almost always fail (it's not an IGC thing, it happens in all walks of life).<div class="im"><br>
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On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Roland Perry<br>
<<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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In message <AANLkTim8wekog9D_OLyPVkhpu5x4=<a href="mailto:TkD9kOZMa2s7skj@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">TkD9kOZMa2s7skj@mail.gmail.com</a>>,<br>
at 15:27:25 on Sat, 22 Jan 2011, Fouad Bajwa <<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com" target="_blank">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</a>> writes<br>
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Still, there was no need for a separate mailing list IMHO.<br>
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There's a "Law of social networking" (of which the IGC lists are an example,<br>
and social networking has existed for at least 20 years before acquiring<br>
that sexy name) which says that if you spin off a separate discussion group<br>
it almost always dies. That's just a fact of life. Look at the [lack of]<br>
activity on the other three spun-off groups, for example.<br>
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It requires a big commitment to make it work, which is one reason why small<br>
*closed* lists are the most successful - the people who want to discuss<br>
their business in private are demonstrating that commitment (to keeping<br>
their discussion closed).<br>
--<br>
Roland Perry<br>
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-- <br><div><div></div><div class="h5">
Roland Perry<br>
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