[ELECTRON] Keeping stuff tidy

Sun Oct 30 13:19:57 UTC 2011

I can't find any note of a rule within the EC documentation regarding a
requirement to keep up with discussions, I suspect because it would be
almost impossible to ensure people actually did so. There are already rules
which people either stretch or ignore. People can attend events in the
space without actually becoming a member.

As I said, notes on the board should be accompanied by a message on the
list.

Thanks

Martin

On 30 October 2011 11:06, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Surely the board is a great idea, as well as dating the
> posts, and deleting them from the board when they are no longer relevant.
>
>  but in some communities being on the mailing list. reading the posts and
> acknowledging and keeping up with the discussions is a community
> requirement, especially when the mailing list is the only 'official'
> record of communication, discussions, decisions.
>
> The board can be wiped - either by accident or deliberatelly - would that
> mean there was no message on it? A parallel note on the list will be on the
> record.
>
> Perhaps active EC members should agree, where possible,  at a minimum to
> read posts with a [admin] label or something
>
> Finding ways of making thigs worse is all part of developing self
> governance process :-)
>
> P
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:38 AM, M.Hersh <m.hersh at elec.gla.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > Could I add the suggestion that people date messages on the dry wipe
> > board, so it is clear which ones are still relevant.
> > Marion
> >
> >
> >
> > Martin McGrath wrote:
> >
> >> I'm a little jet lagged and catching up on email at the moment.
> >>
> >> Communications will always be a problem. We've no way of ensuring that
> >> people read each post on a list/forum/twitter or anything else, and on
> >> occasion people just ignore what they've been told  directly, for
> whatever
> >> reason.
> >>
> >> I propose we use a dry wipe board in the room to make people aware of
> >> situations such as the one under discussion in this thread. I'll pop up
> to
> >> the room this week to check if there's already a board there, if not
> I'll
> >> get one and a couple of pens.
> >>
> >> Obviously this method is also susceptible to the same problems mentioned
> >> above, but it's something that is in the room, and doesn't require
> someone
> >> to read the posts on the list if they haven't already done so. The board
> >> could simply be used to make people aware of what's going on.
> >>
> >> I'm not suggesting that the board on it's own is a solution, messages to
> >> the
> >> list are still a good idea, but for those who don't follow the list or
> >> have
> >> forgotten a dry wipe board in the room seems like a sensible option.
> >>
> >> Again, thanks to everyone for all their hard work cataloguing the kit
> >> and organising it. Their work is for the good of the space. For what
> it's
> >> worth kit was labelled with raffle tickets, and collected in piles. It's
> >> not
> >> a huge room and the kit in question was taking up a relativity large
> >> percentage of this area, hence why people are trying remedy the
> situation.
> >> However if people hadn't read or forgotten about the announcement made
> on
> >> the list, I can see how this may be confusing.
> >>
> >> In summary, if we can agree on maintaining the board in the room, which
> I
> >> don't think would take a lot of time or effort to manage, people using
> the
> >> space can quickly make themselves aware of any issues.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Martin
> >>
> >>
> >> On 29 October 2011 09:17, Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:11:22 +0100
> >>> Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> As far as I remember Bob has been around since the beginning and has
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> greatly
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> contributed to the existence of EC, and although he may not always be
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> right,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> he has always work to ensure EC is there for everybody, and we should
> be
> >>>> thankful for that
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> And don't forget that (as far as I recall) Bob built the shelves and
> >>> yellow
> >>> table, without which the space was totally unmanageable.
> >>>
> >>> On the complaining side, would whoever helped themselves to the big
> long
> >>> extension lead for the table please bring it back?  Or, if it's tucked
> >>> away
> >>> somewhere, please reveal its secret location.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>
> >>>
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