<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Yamil Suarez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ysuarez@berklee.edu" target="_blank">ysuarez@berklee.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">To play devil's advocate, someone should reuse all of the valid warnings mentioned when someone suggests adding a new mailing list to the community, like fragmenting the community or just adding confusion. Also, should this channel be logged? </span></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_extra">Well, it's a little different in that #evergreen-social would exist primarily to keep the main channel on track; not that bot silliness would be forbidden from #evergreen, but it might avoid the specter of a newbie joining #evergreen, asking a question, and getting nothing but folks playing with pinesol_green.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">As an intentional relief valve, #evergreen-social probably should *not* be logged. A few projects run social channels; as one example GIMP operates both #gimp and #gimps.</div>
</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Should we instead expand the use of the alternate EG IRC channel for social use also?</span><br>
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</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I don't follow -- an alternate EG IRC channel is exactly what I'm proposing.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
In any event, I'm not at all wedded to the idea of creating #evergreen-social, but I do sometimes wonder if the dynamic in #evergreen is offputting to new users.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
Regards,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>Galen<br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Galen Charlton</div><div>Manager of Implementation</div><div>Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts</div><div>email: <a href="mailto:gmc@esilibrary.com" target="_blank">gmc@esilibrary.com</a></div>
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