[governance] New membership database: choose your own username

[Avri Doria]

hi,

I always do it that way.  I think many of us do.  All you need to know is the name and address and of a list, and you know how to subscribe.  Also the headers of each email from the list gives that as the instruction on how to do it.

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I think this is a severe change that needs to be undone. I also do not think this is the kind of change that co-coordinators should be making unilaterally,

I am also very uneasy with the way you are changing what it means to be a member of the IGC.  And with the way you are terming those who participate in the list passively as lurkers and making claims about members of the IGF secretariat being just lurkers.  I know of at least 2 part time members of the IGF secretariat who are active list participants, though they may when on contract restrict the comments they make about the IGF.  Besides, it is the nature of this list to be open, and I do not believe you are empowered to change that in any way or to denigrate those who have joined the list only to follow the discussions.

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On 4 Jan 2011, at 01:05, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> On 04/01/2011, at 12:52 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
> 
>> i was wondering what happens when someone send subscribe message to list.cpsr.org?
>> 
>> so i tried:
>> 
>>> Command has been rejected :
>>> 
>>>> subscribe governance
>>> You are not allowed to subscribe to this list.
>> 
>> I do not think this is a good thing.
> 
> Does anyone subscribe to a mailing list by sending email to the list address anymore?  Surely they will just visit the list's Web page.  If they do that, they see a nice friendly message with a link to the new subscription page.  (I can always make this link larger and friendly if needed.)
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