SUO: Keeping this list focused [response #1]
At 20:34 2001-11-01 -0800, Robert Grayson Spillers wrote:
> Jim,
> This is an open list. If anyone doesn't wish to receive notes from a
> particular person they can filter those messages and also filter threads. If
> many people participate in a topic it obviously is on target for the
> audience. It is fine to suggest that another list might be more appropriate
> for a particular topic, but that should be the limit - if not, the SUO
> can't claim to be an open list.
Bob-
This is *not* an open list. The list is for the purposes of standards development of P1600.1 (and within the IEEE-SA, CS SAB, etc., processes and procedures). Our parent organizations have also asked about the volume of messages on the list that are not related to standards development.
-FF
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