[223] in UA Senate
Re: Recording of mailing list discussions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Samantha G Wyman)
Thu Oct 29 12:55:43 2009
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:41:20 -0400
From: Samantha G Wyman <swyman@MIT.EDU>
To: Owen Derby <oderby@mit.edu>
Cc: Paul Baranay <pbaranay@mit.edu>, Catherine Olsson <catherio@mit.edu>,
UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <acef7bc50910290934s58e0bd67hc42985868ccdb19a@mail.gmail.com>
Paul,
I thought you mentioned on retreat that all of the discussion on the mailing
list is publically archived. Is that not the case? Or were Catherine and
Jonte talking about something different?
-Sammi
BC Senator
Quoting Owen Derby <oderby@MIT.EDU>:
> Well, I wasn't thinking any specific, but what I have in mind when I say
> "forum" is more like a community discussion board, such as
> http://www.phpbb.com/ or others. I would imagine it would be part of the
> website, where proposed ammendments and any other discussions would take
> place in a thread and would be available for all with access to see.
> Although I must admit I haven't looked into the hosting side of it much;
> I've only ever been a user of such forums. Of course, there are lots of
> things to consider before implementing it, especially security, but it's
> something that would seem to naturally lend itself to the sort of
> discussions which have been taking place on the UA email lists.
>
> If it's never been brought up before, I think it's something worth
> discussing at the next meeting?
>
> -Owen
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Paul Baranay <pbaranay@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> To the best of my recollection, the idea of using a forum has not been
>> brought up in the Senate. Owen, are you suggesting a separate forum for
>> discussion on topics, or some sort of Slashdot-like integration with the
>> existing website?
>>
>> Best,
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Owen Derby <oderby@mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> To go off this, I've had one question since I started on Senate (for those
>>> of you who don't know, I'm filling the 6th spot for fraternity senators and
>>> I just started Monday). Why doesn't the UA have some kind of forum site
>>> where these discussions can take place and be recorded? I know I'm new and
>>> all, so perhaps this has been previously discussed and discarded, but if
>>> someone could enlighten me that'd be great.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Owen Derby
>>> Fraternity Senator
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Catherine Olsson <catherio@mit.edu>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> Jonte asked me the good question today of "does all the discussion on the
>>>> mailing list get recorded somehow?", and I'd thought I'd mirror my
>>>> response
>>>> here for others who have the same question, and for those who might have a
>>>> better answer to also chime in.
>>>>
>>>> As far as I can tell, discussions we have here on the mailing list won't
>>>> turn up in any official records unless we reference them in
>>>> meetings (which
>>>> will appear in the minutes) or turn our ideas into legislation.
>>>>
>>>> Thus I recommended to Jonte, and recommend to any of you who have the
>>>> same question, that if you think it's important that future generations
>>>> understand some portion of the reasoning and context behind what we're
>>>> discussing (a lot of which goes on in the mailing list) you can
>>>> preface any
>>>> remarks you make in Senate with "As we discussed on the mailing list,
>>>> <context>." before making whatever point you have.
>>>>
>>>> Just a thought =)
>>>> - Catherine, Random Hall Senator
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
