[Imc-communication] list of subscribers [PROPOSED discussion timeframe: 3 days]

[mark burdett]

If no one expresses a concern about this change in 
three days, I think we could consider it decided that 
the list admins (dri at indymedia.org, anna at 
mail.nadir.org, remi.d at mezimail.com, apb at 
swissmail.org, wowi at grepgrrl.org, chiapas at 
riseup.net) should make the roster available to 
subscribers.

normally decisions should have a longer discussion 
timeframe but this seems like a relatively trivial 
matter..

--mark B.

On Sat, 07 May 2005 00:01:08 +0100, andrés wrote:
> sheri at speakeasy.org dijo el 06/05/2005 0:12:
> > hi,
> > is it possible that the list of subscribers could be available to list members and not just to list admins?
> 
> Techs would have to answer this question, as such, sheri. The list of 
> subscribers is part of the administration interface and would seem to be 
> part of the overall list services design/implementation.
> 
> > i'm not sure i understand why that is the case or if it was something this list agreed to.
> 
> Such decisions would surely have to be taken by a consensus of users?
> 
> > i can understand the list not being public,
> 
> The list _is_ public, in the sense that _anyone_ can *read* the archives 
> (and gain access to data via google, for example). The only restriction 
> is in _subscribing_ and therefore writing to the list, where we first 
> request that an introductory message (also known as a roll-call) is 
> first provided, briefly describing the subscriber's participation in 
> indymedia as a volunteer with particular collective(s) - since the 
> principle is that non-indymedia-volunteers do not get to subscribe here 
> (but anyone can still read the archives).
> 
> > but only available to list admins make less sense.  is there a reason for this
> 
> See above
> 
> > and if there isn't, can we have it available to those who are on the list?  since the imc communication list is for inter-imc communication, knowing who is on the list with you (apart from the sporadic intros - which would be great to have wiki-ized), would be helpful.  just a thought.
> 
> I've run a quick experiment and, well, yes, it seems it _would_ be 
> mostly possible to create a wiki page listing imc-communication members' 
> email addresses and names/nicks and their respective introductory 
> messages or roll-calls (thanks to the above-mentioned archives!).
> 
> But it would require several hours of (manual or programmer's) work to 
> do so.
> 
> And, IMHO, it may not be very desireable to make so much personal 
> information (easily) publically available...
> 
> Once again, it looks like an issue, if you really want to pursue it, 
> that would need to be debated and decided by list- and imc-members.
> 
> > thanks,
> > sheri
> 
> at your service :)
> 
> PS: if have an interest but difficulty knowing who someone is in this 
> list, try running a google search on the email address (but replace the 
> @ with a space), combined with "imc-communication") and scan the results...
> 
> -- 
> andrés
> imc-canarias
> imc-communication admin work group
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