[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Motion to deactivate the "evergreen-admin" mailing list

[Rogan Hamby]

I would support refreshing those descriptions to reflect their use more
clearly, as Yamil points out.

On Wednesday, January 14, 2015, Yamil Suarez <ysuarez at berklee.edu> wrote:

> I am OK with the deletion of the "evergreen-admin". Part of my reason
> is that it is not getting as much use as I would have expected. Before
> this "evergreen-admin" list existed and while I was a new to the EG
> community, I was often not sure if I should post my sysadmin questions
> in the general or the developer list, or both. If we do eliminate the
> "evergreen-admin," I would love to see a word or two added to the list
> descriptions to make it more clear where sysadmin question would be
> most welcomed.
>
>
> Currently the descriptions are....
>
> ------------------
> General Mailing List
>
> Evergreen General Discussion List
>
> This is the general-topic, (usually) non-technical list for the
> Evergreen community — Evergreen users, librarians, library workers,
> library users, developers, fellow travelers, or people just plain
> curious about Evergreen. As of October, 2008, this list had over 500
> members. Its traffic is moderate.
>
> General means general. Posts range from discussions about possible new
> features to quick questions about implementation. There is no such
> thing as a “dumb” question or comment for the Evergreen general list.
> If you’re thinking the question, chances are, you’re in good company.
> Ask, and you give other members of the Evergreen community an
> opportunity to share their growing knowledge.
>
>
>
> ---------------
>
> Technical Lists
>
> Evergreen Development Discussion List
>
> This list is for patches and technical discussions about Evergreen and
> OpenSRF development. Messages and responses are often in the shorthand
> common to this culture.
>
>
> Just my two cents,
> Yamil
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Michael Peters <mpeters at emeralddata.net
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Just my 2 cents, but I've always felt IRC was the best place to reach
> other
> > sys-admins for advice.  I can't recall ever posting to the mailing list
> > about a system administration issue.  I know there are so many active
> > sys-admins on the IRC that I think the response is likely to be quicker
> > there.
> >
> > I'm also more apt to answer a question I see in IRC.  I'm not sure I'm
> even
> > subscribed to anything other than Dev and General.
> >
> > Michael Peters
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > Emerald Data Networks, Inc.
> > Phone: 678.302.3000 x1013
> > Help Desk: 678.302.3000 x1500
> > www.emeralddata.net
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org <javascript:;>
> > [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of
> > Galen Charlton
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:43 PM
> > To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Motion to deactivate the
> "evergreen-admin"
> > mailing list
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Chris Sharp <
> csharp at georgialibraries.org <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >> In my view, the Evergreen-Admin list duplicates the purpose of this,
> >> the General list, in that the General list serves as an all-purpose
> >> venue for (non-development related) technical help in running
> >> Evergreen.  If you agree, please +1, otherwise, please state your case
> >> for keeping it. ;-)
> >
> > 0.
> >
> > A dedicated list for Evergreen sysadmins could work in principle, but of
> > course requires that folks actually answer questions posted to it.
> > Since the list was created, there's been long periods where it has been
> > mostly ignored, either passively or actively, and I think it long ago
> > reached the point where reluctance to use it has self-fulfilled a
> prophecy
> > that it would not be used.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Galen
> > --
> > Galen Charlton
> > Manager of Implementation
> > Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
> > email:  gmc at esilibrary.com <javascript:;>
> > direct: +1 770-709-5581
> > cell:   +1 404-984-4366
> > skype:  gmcharlt
> > web:    http://www.esilibrary.com/
> > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org &
> > http://evergreen-ils.org
>
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> --------------------------------
>
> Yamil Suarez, MCS
> Library System Administrator/Developer
>
> Stan Getz Library
> Berklee College of Music
> 1140 Boylston St
> Boston, MA 02215
>
> ysuarez at berklee.edu <javascript:;>
> 617-747-2617
>


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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

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