[225] in UA Senate
Re: Recording of mailing list discussions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Quentin Smith)
Thu Oct 29 13:05:53 2009
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:05:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Quentin Smith <quentin@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>
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I don't think it would benefit us to add a web-based forum. All it will do=
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is split apart the discussion into two separate threads, and that could=20
easily lead to people having /half/ the context instead of all or none of=
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it. I think that would be much worse than having someone who didn't pay=20
attention to one discussion.
Note that the lists are archived; I sent the links in a different reply.
--Quentin
UA Chief of Information Technology
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Owen Derby wrote:
> 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 t=
he website, where proposed ammendments and any other
> discussions would take place in a thread and would be available for all w=
ith 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 su=
ch 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.
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> If it's never been brought up before, I think it's something worth discus=
sing at the next meeting?
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> -Owen
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> 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 b=
een brought up in the Senate. =A0Owen, are you
> suggesting a separate forum for discussion on topics, or some sort =
of Slashdot-like integration with the existing
> website?
> Best,
> Paul
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> 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 (fo=
r those of you who don't know, I'm filling
> the 6th spot for fraternity senators and I just started Monday). Wh=
y 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
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> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Catherine Olsson <catherio@mit.edu> wro=
te:
> 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 w=
ho 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 minu=
tes) or turn our ideas into
> legislation.
>
> Thus I recommended to Jonte, and recommend to any of you who have t=
he same question, that if you think
> it's important that future generations understand some portion of t=
he reasoning and context behind what
> we're discussing (a lot of which goes on in the mailing list) you c=
an preface any remarks you make in
> Senate with "As we discussed on the mailing list, <context>." befor=
e making whatever point you have.
>
> Just a thought =3D)
> - Catherine, Random Hall Senator
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