[AusNOG] New list charter from the AusNOG Board

[Ben McGinnes]

On 18/12/10 7:32 PM, Noel Butler wrote:
> 
> Ben,
> That would be a good idea (and I support that move), but their point was
> "agree before you join",  you would need to modify and include the
> charter in the subscribe confirmation request, in the email, not just on
> mailman, as many use "reply to" to confirm, not just go to the link, you
> need to link to the charter saying by subscribing you agree blah blah
> blah, but again who reads those things, we all know what mailing list
> requests expect and just reply or click, honestly, who read the rest of
> the blurb, likely no one :)

It's been a while since I've (bothered to) run a Mailman list, but
modifying either the welcome message or the confirmation message
shouldn't be difficult.  You're right, inserting a little spiel into the
confirmation to the effect of "by confirming your subscription you agree
to abide by the list charter" with either a copy of said charter or a
link to it would be better.

It's less about reading it than it is about making sure the information
is readily available from the outset; so no one can say they weren't
aware of it.  Besides, it's not like it's so onerous that people won't
be warned on their first transgression.


Regards,
Ben

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