What are we here for?

[goran.krampe at bluefish.se]

Hi!

Ken Causey <ken at kencausey.com> wrote:
> I'm primarily sending this email to see what everyone thinks about
> setting aliases like webmaster at map1.squeakfoundation.org to point to
> this list.  The idea being that one of our primary functions is to
> repond to support requests.  We then have the choice of trying to
> communicate to everyone the right way to contact us or to try to conform
> to everyone's existing proclivities.  I vote for conforming.  However it
> should be noted that that is asking for LOTS of spam.  Now that doesn't
> bother me because my system should handle it OK.  However I'm not sure
> everyone feels the same.

I am OK. Celeste toasts 99% of it anyway.

> Secondly what does everyone see as the appropriate goals/function of
> this group?
> 
> 1.  Make sure the functionality provided by 'the box' keeps working.

Yup. Btw, I dumped the old vm-dev archive (extracted from SF) in
/home/discuss - I am not sure how to deal with such things - perhaps you
or Cees have an idea?
 
> 2.  Be receptive to requests for hosting other services.

Yup.
 
> 3.  Be prepared to emulate public radio personell and periodically beg
> for money (might have to be in the US to get this one).

That is probably also a good thing. Pester people about the PayPal
account.
I need to make my own contribution too. :)
 
regards, Göran