Dear list members,
Unfortunately I received no reply following my email asking about the future of this list. That leads to the conclusion that the discussion moved elsewhere, or interest otherwise got lost.
So for the sake of allowing people interested in Free Software to join active lists, and to do some housecleaning at the same time, I'll delete this list for the time being.
However, as written in my last email, there is plenty of opportunity to increase exchange again, e.g. via the open forum or the general discussion@ mailing list. You are more than welcome to engage again, and the FSFE will happily host group activities!
Wishing you all a good time, and hopefully see you around somewhere, somewhen.
Best, Max
~ Max Mehl [2019-12-20 16:17 +0100]:
Dear list members,
We've noticed that this list's activity is very low to non-existent. That's a shame because when new people sign up they expect ongoing discussions - and of course it means that Free Software activity in the region or topic it's connected to is low or moved to elsewhere.
However, it could also mean that people rotated. The "original" folks moved to different places and topics, and the new folks stayed silent for some reason. So instead of just deleting an this inactive list, we would like to give you the opportunity of forming a new community on this list.
For that, we would need list moderators. It prove to be sensible to have 2 people taking over this role which involves:
- handling the moderation queue, so sorting out spam, letting in legitimate external mails, and approving new members depending on the policy of the mailing list,
- facilitating interesting discussions on the list to get activity started again. Free Software is in the rise - and often also under attack - almost everywhere, so we won't run out of discussion items,
- and being the contact point for administrators like me in case of technical problems or any changes.
Please let me know by direct mail to me whether you'd be interested in being a moderator for this list. If we won't find at least 2 moderators soon, I'm afraid we will have to close this list (which doesn't mean it cannot be reopened again in the future).
But even if this list would be closed eventually, the FSFE still offers many interesting channels for exchange and chat, e.g.:
- the discussion@ mailing list [^1]
- the Discourse forum [^2]
- the various ways to contribute and work together [^3]
- and more [^4]
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask me. Enjoy the holiday season!
Best, Max