Re: [gaia] Promoting more discussion on GAIA mailing list

Discord!

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 8:36 AM Nick Feamster <feamster@uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Slack!
>
> > On Feb 16, 2023, at 6:20 PM, Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl@cs.washington.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello GAIA!
> >
> > As we approach IETF 116, Jane Coffin and I, the GAIA chairs, have been
> > discussing potential ways to increase interesting discussion on this
> > mailing list. We both pine for a time when we both learned and shared
> > here (as well as other similar lists such as Change, TIER,
> > LiberationTech, and others) and have found venues such as this to be
> > influential in our careers and thinking. In short, it would be nice to
> > have some more discussion here, specifically technical discussions and
> > experience sharing about global connectivity efforts.
> >
> > Technical mailing lists, such as GAIA, have largely had lower traffic
> > over COVID, both as people are engaged in less "global" action and the
> > rise of competing mechanisms for communication (e.g., slack, discord,
> > etc). We'd like to kick of a discussion here, to be continued at IETF
> > 116, on:
> >
> > 1) Should we adopt such platforms (and if so, which) in order to help
> > build a more involved community around GAIA?
> > 2) If not, what can we do to encourage more discussion (instead of
> > just forwards and announcements) on GAIA?
> >
> > So GAIA members, what do you think?
> >
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