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Aiwendil · 03-04-2004, 07:51 PM

Okay, I say we create a mailing list for members.

We should probably wait until we've sent out Antoine's final version to whomever we end up sending it to. If, as I hope, this generates some comments and some renewed interest, we can then ask those former members whether they'd like to re-join and be placed on the list.

Also, I suppose part of signing up for the project would now be being placed on that list.

Then we come to a slightly more difficult issue: what do actually send people who are on the list? Perhaps a monthly update on the status of the project? With what sort of information? I imagine that if we had had a mailing list during the FoG work, a lot of months the update would just have been "Still working on finishing up some minor changes" - not exactly enthralling reading material.

Still, I think that if we can work around these issues the mailing list would be a good thing.

03-04-2004, 07:51 PM	#7
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	Okay, I say we create a mailing list for members. We should probably wait until we've sent out Antoine's final version to whomever we end up sending it to. If, as I hope, this generates some comments and some renewed interest, we can then ask those former members whether they'd like to re-join and be placed on the list. Also, I suppose part of signing up for the project would now be being placed on that list. Then we come to a slightly more difficult issue: what do actually send people who are on the list? Perhaps a monthly update on the status of the project? With what sort of information? I imagine that if we had had a mailing list during the FoG work, a lot of months the update would just have been "Still working on finishing up some minor changes" - not exactly enthralling reading material. Still, I think that if we can work around these issues the mailing list would be a good thing.