[governance] New membership database: choose your own username

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

that is one step better, but still not adequate.  you are still making subscription depend on the good graces of the co-coordinator.  An extra power that was not assigned in the charter.

If you want them to join your web interface, then just put a message in the signon message telling that when their subscription is confirmed with the email check.  then they can do so or not as they please.

Also, you get a confirmation message each time someone signs on.  you could automate a web page signon process based on receipt of that message.

a.

On 4 Jan 2011, at 03:43, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> On 04/01/2011, at 4:34 PM, Roland Perry wrote:
> 
>>> Surely they will just visit the list's Web page.
>> 
>> It's an EMAIL list.
>> 
>> If the community prefers a web forum (I wouldn't, but others may disagree), then by all means have that; but this is a list about Internet Governance and there are accepted ways to govern a mailing list, which should not be changed lightly.
> 
> As a compromise, I have re-enabled the old interface for subscriptions (including by email), but made it subject to confirmation, so that I can alert them to the need to join on the Web page too (unless they intend to purely lurk).
> 
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