[Discuss] Community out-reach... convert the masses?

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

Randall Rose wrote: 
 
> I don't see a consensus in this discussion about whether we like this
> idea of keeping some off our mailing lists -- maybe that will end up
> being BLU's position, maybe not.

Everyone should be able to join. Asking each other for help is
pretty much the foundation of the group, as I see it.

But: nobody is entitled to anyone else's help. It's all
volunteer. On any given day, some people are going to be cranky
and hopefully have the maturity to not inflict it on others, and
some people are going to misread the room. Silence is also
tolerance.

A persistent pest or abuser should be ejected. I don't think
we're discussing that case, really.


> -- giving those who are admitted to the mailing list "an assist until
> they come up to our level of Linux use and knowledge."

Fun fact: nobody knows everything. We all ask for help from time
to time, we all give help from time to time.

Communism works really well at small scales like this.

-dsr-

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