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Date:      Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:05:24 -0700
From:      gek <gekk0@usa.net>
To:        Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How would it work?
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In-Reply-To: <19980827153830.00276@welearn.com.au>
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Lets see, your either reading too much into my words, or trying to twist my
words, or just don't want me to start a new list, or trying to point out
the "troubles" in starting a new list....or some of each.

OK....one more time.

It is a FreeBSD newbies list.  It is related to freebsd, and generally
freebsd would be the topic. Someone who would prefer to talk primarily
about dog traning would not join this list, at least I would look for a
list about training dogs, not some list to help people new to a Operating
System.

If you want to find people to crochet with, there is no harm in saying
"hey, anyone in Australia intertested in getting a weekly crochet session
going, email me".
I have no problem with that...my delete button works great, but if the talk
was "what color of yarn should I for this white horse, or how many
cross-stitches does..., etc etc" this chat can be taken to a list about
crochet.
My life does not revolve around freebsd, and I have other interests. If
people want to you the list as a way to say hey...those of us in a general
area lets get to lunch, or who wants to go club hopping up in the city,
groovy, so be it.

How will they know this a list targeted to newbies?  I don't know, they
cold read the email addy of the list (fbsd-newbies), that is a good clue.
I would think people would engage their brain, and it does take a brain to
run FreeBSD.

What if I run short on time?  I could always ask for help...no shame in that.
I'm sure when I go on vacation, I'm sure someone would be willing to
monitor things, to ensure no one was being blatantly hostile.

If a community cannot communicate openly, then that community will soon die.

I am the list manager, but am not running it on my server.  I have already
had a offer to run this list on another server, other than my current list
server.
I am not in competion with this list, only providing another source to seek
help.

Regards,
Kevin

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