Re: [Gamedevlists-brew] Re: Gauging the vibe

[Guido H. <gh...@g3...>]

Back on the subject, here's my plan...

I will close the list off and not allow public subscription. As a general 
rule I will only allow new members by invitation only, which means they will 
need to be sponsored by an exisiting list member. However, before inviting 
people to the list, please check with the list if anyone has a reason 
against the addition of a particular invitee.

In addition to that I will allow people to send me uninvited subscription 
requests so we can also bring in valuable people even if they are not well 
connected. New subscribers will have to send me an email complete with an 
outline as to why they wish to be added to the list. I will look ovoer the 
outline and if it is someone of potential interest and value to the list I 
will also ask to see if anyone has reason to reject the candidate.

I hope this is okay with everyone, as I do think a closed list makes more 
sense than a completely open one and will help us keep the noise to a 
minimum, and the friendliness at a maximum.

As for privacy I am currently looking into additional software solutions 
that may allow me to take the list entirely private so that the posts and 
archives cannot be viewed by non-subscribers. Evidently this will mean that 
we may have to move the list again in the next days or so since Sourceforge 
doesn't offer that, but I hope that's all right, especially since I will 
automatically re-subscribe everyone if that's going to be the case.

Guido