On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net> wrote:
3) Anyone who feels this is so frickin’ bad it is unbearable, and knows they could do SO MUCH BETTER themselves, should volunteer for the Communications Committee. Otherwise, everyone should thank the unpaid volunteers for their gracious and excellent work day after day, year after year. Or just STFU.
Yes, yes, the volunteers are all wonderful people and can I get a hip-hip-hooray. Nevertheless, before I "STFU" I would politely suggest that volunteering to perform a function for which one is not prepared to put in the needed effort is generally worse than not volunteering at all. Volunteering blocks other would-be volunteers for the same effort. Even if there are no other volunteers, it prevents the function from being farmed out to a paid service with the appropriate diligence and expertise. I would urge the current volunteers to careful consider whether they're willing and able to put in the exceptional effort and commitment of time and availability needed to competently operate a mailing list server on today's Internet. Failing to halt a spam flood in a timely manner does not exhibit a reasonable level of commitment to the task. One simply can't walk away from a mail server for a couple of days any more. Even volunteer efforts require the kind of monitoring and on-call rotations we all use in our professional lives. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>