Re: Proposal: Communications policy

bigteeth wrote:
> I don't like the idea of Google Groups though... they seem like a cheesy
> solution, when you have the power of Xaraya at your finger tips to do
> something more impressive.
> 

I second that, I don't like Google Groups either as a replacement for
xaraya.com forums right there on the site, and the functionality for me
is no where near that of newsgroups/newsreader for nntp.

This conversation is interesting in that for me in that the content
illustrates a few things. Most noteably that there are multiple problems
raised in this thread that is not recognized, that are being treated as
one problem and trying to be solved with one solution

The problems I see raised are (and some may overlap to a degree but  are
separate problems):

1. The initial one: how to enable those posting on the forums see what
is happening on the mailing lists and vice-a-versa?

2. How to increase the usage of forums for support?

3. How to increase traffic to the website?

4. How to provide an all in one 'support' area for xaraya users?

5. Do we recognize that 'development discussion' can be quite different
to providing 'xaraya support', and if so, what can we do to promote
'development discussion' and what environment best suits it (ie low
noise to signal ratio, reduce input from non-developers to keep on track
..., etc)

6. What is the best place(s) to provide critical announcements to the
xaraya community?

And many more .... :)

Thus, there will not be a correct solution found imho before a few
things are done:

1. Set out some objectives for the xaraya project and use these as a
general basis for making some decisions on other areas

2. Divide up the problems that fall out of this (eg perhaps some of the
questions i posed above will be not significant or one more priority
than another, or can be grouped) and find a solution for those.


One thing i think we shouldn't do is base solutions based on the current
level of activity on the forums and development lists alone. The
solutions should be based on defining the actual problem in the context
of overall project objectives.

-- Jo





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