Re: [Tools-discuss] Targeted email/chat group for reaching WG chairs.

[Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>]

Rob Wilton \(rwilton\) <rwilton=[e-mail]> wrote:
    > The aim: Have a way of getting limited important information to the WG
    > chairs in a way that is likely to reach them (e.g., in-person meeting
    > announcements, or nomcom requests).  There was some brief discussion as
    > to whether an alias similar the <area>-chairs would be more effective
    > than a standard mailing list, but the conclusion was to seek your
    > expert opinions on this.

In order to increase reachability, you'll need to unicast, not relay through
DT as Robert says.  That could mean that the DT originates the emails.
I suggest intentionally omitting the List-Id:

    > the goal is a very cutdown lists with much more limited emails.  E.g.,
    > probably in the order of approx. 1 or 2 per week between meetings, and
    > a bit more in the run up to IETF.

So that's like 60 emails/year if I understood you correctly.
That's a lot really.   It seems like much of that ought to also be in an
archive and/or blog.

Probably IMAP access and mailarchive already provides this, we just don't
have a clear place, like a wgchairs-announce to which things could be archived.

    > In addition, there was also some discussion about having something
    > similar setup for Slack/Zulip.  I.e., a place to send announcements for
    > WG chairs to read.

I'm regularly connected to Jabber, Hallway and WGs to which I co-chair, and
I'd say that it would be completely ineffective in reaching me in a timely manner.

Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]> wrote:
    > On 2022-04-14, at 17:02, Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]> wrote:
    >>
    >> A wgchairs-announce to which you are force-subscribed by becoming WG
    >> chair would work if the message count stays low.

    > (I also have the mental image of a Totmann key, where datatracker
    > randomly sends out messages to which you need to reply within some time
    > or the train pulls the emergency brake.)

To me, this actually is a good idea.
Perhaps the specific email is an invitation from the AD to have a 3-times
yearly post-meeting debrief.    Failure to answer/schedule with your AD
raises quite a few questions.

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