by I agree And like the Idea.. If my 2 cents count for anything.. ;)
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> Usually, it doesn't really matter if announcements go out a bit > At the same time, I'd also like to officially broaden the scope > Having multiple moderators would be one solution, but I'd rather > What do the readers of comp.os.linux.announce think? Should we > What do the commercial announcers to comp.os.linux.announce think? > The new group, if created, would have to have a new moderator, > --
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> and I'm sometimes busy with other things, so that it can take
> over a week before announcements are posted. I usually try to
> get stuff that is urgent out of the door sooner, but I don't
> alway manage to do that.
> late, unless they're security-related, calls for meetings, or
> commercial ones. There are now a number of businesses targeting
> Linux users, and I sometimes hear (valid!) complaints from
> them about late announcements. It hurts them to have their
> announcement much later than the competition.
> for commercial announcements to allow not only vendors, but also
> re-sellers to announce. Actually, I've always been varyingly
> lax on enforcing this policy, but mostly it's been vendor-only,
> to keep the volume of the group down. However, I don't think I
> can do that, if it means more work again for me.
> suggest another solution: comp.os.linux.announce.commercial. This
> new group would get all commercial announcements, i.e., all
> announcements for stuff that you have to pay for. A separate
> group would make it easier to increase the volume without
> making it harder to find non-commercial stuff in the flood of
> announcements. With another moderator for comp.os.linux.announce,
> all the announcements would be in one group, and those not
> interested in commercial announcements (there's a large number
> of us), would have to skip many more postings than before. In
> my opinion, greatly increasing the reader-perceived volume of
> comp.os.linux.announce is not a good idea, even if it can be done
> without burdening the moderator more.
> start work on creating comp.os.linux.announce.commercial?
> Their benefit would, hopefully, be a faster turn-around.
> of course. Volunteers should speak up, and should suggest
> detailed charters (what is, and what is not allowed in the
> new group). Also, someone would have to do the dirty work on
> the RFD/CFV-process (but not, I think, to collect the votes;
> we should be able to use the UVV for that).
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