Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Young people & free software

[Simon Ward]

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 01:39:41PM +0100, Tim Dobson wrote:
>> Does it actually need a separate mailing list? 
>
> I think it does.

Care to elaborate?

> this mailing list contains a lot of stuff which is mostly irrelevant.

If the primary motivation of the new group is free software related,
then any irrelevances should really be off topic on this list too.

> I am not suggesting that anyone be disallowed from being on any mailing  
> list, rather than it be well known that the lists have different focuses  
> which, in theory, should be adhered to.

Again, see above.  How different is the focus really?

I’m just as concerned about free software for young people as I am for
free software with anyone else.  Should we also have a free software
list for the elderly?  Asian people?  Businesses?  We’re tackling the
same things here.

> I would suggest that we are at a ceiling at the moment and are gaining  
> younger people at a relatively slow rate anyway which makes me think  
> that things could be improved.

Then we should make Manchester Free Software and this list more
welcoming to younger people.

>> Although I support groups in schools, youth centres, etc, I feel that
>> branching [off] completely would just exacerbate ageism.
>
> If we have a contact with a school or youth group, and they would like  
> us to do something with them, we should take it seriously and see what  
> we can do.

You sidestepped a little.  I’m _still_ talking about mailing list
separation when I say “branching off”.  I said I support other groups
forming, but still don’t see the necessity for another list.

Simon
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