[jsr-314-open] revisiting the JSR-314 openness policy

[Lincoln Baxter, III]

I like this solution.

I'd also like to see these lists, and how to subscribe to them posted
publicly and in a way that is intuitive to find / execute.

--Lincoln

On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 14:16 -0400, Dan Allen wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Pete Muir <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>         
>         On 18 Sep 2009, at 00:09, Dan Allen wrote:
>         
>         
>                 Our first choice for request #1 is to allow all
>                 subscribed members of the jsr-314-open list to post,
>                 with moderation of a person's inaugural post
>                 (webbeans-dev uses this approach, for instance). The
>                 second choice would be to have a separate list open to
>                 the community. In either case, both lists should
>                 satisfy request #2.
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         My preference would be for there to be two email lists, both
>         with public, non-password-protected, archives. The first is
>         the EG list. The second is the a discussion list. A regular
>         member of the EG can post unmoderated to either list. Any
>         subscriber can post to the discussion list. If a member of the
>         community is an expert on a particular sub-topic, we should
>         pull them into the EG list, using moderation to allow their
>         posts through.
>         
> 
> After considering the three alternatives presented here, I'm in favor
> of Pete's suggestion. It gives the community a place to speak more
> freely, without having to knock at the EG's door directly, so to
> speak.
> 
> When we identify a community expert, we should say that we will
> "invite" them to the EG list, as hopefully they will see it as a
> priviledge and honor.
> 
> The important point, though, is that a person does not necessarily
> have to be on the EG to be allowed to post to the EG list. Otherwise,
> we will just have too many people trying to be on the EG for no other
> reason than to post.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Dan Allen
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> 
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Lincoln Baxter, III
Co-Founder of OcpSoft

Creator of:
PrettyFaces: URL rewriting for JSF
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