At 12:50 06/03/2008, Jacqueline A. Morris wrote:
From the ALS listing on alac.icann.org, INEGroup is not an accredited ALS. There were regional ALS-only lists created previously, but most were discontinued last year by request, as the number of mailing lists was huge and, some felt, unmanageable. The problem with client-side monitoring as Evan suggests is bandwidth for people in locations with low and expensive bandwidth. I can set up all sorts of rules on my computer, but then I still have to download the mail before it gets to implement those rules. Same problem if I want to implement rules on my server (if my server is locally hosted, and if I even have access to so do) The ALAC rules exist and the Chair has indicated that it will be considered, so I look forward to the ALAC decision, and hopefully a more streamlined and productive list with fewer distractions. My $0.02 Jacqueline
Dear Jacqueline, The true problem is as you say the low/costly bandwidth users. Roberto Gaetano experimented a solution at the DNSO/GA years ago with a filtered version of the list which matched that requirement. However, at the same time we must stay democratic and we cannot filter out anyone. This is why I plead for two different membership lists, filtering debates through two non restricted lists: - one list internal to the ALAC where shared responsibility for monitoring and accepting posters will depend on ALS Chairs. - one list external to the ALAC welcoming every interested @large. It is likely that interesting topics brought up on the second list will also be discussed on the internal list in order to get an ALAC common position. One way to stay in tune and transparent would be that Members of the second list can receive the mails of the first list. They would answer them on the second list. If some of their point is of interest for the internal list, internal list members will comment, making their colleagues informed. I feel this double list system might respect the rights and expectations of everyone and could be simple to set-up and manage. jfc