[HCoop-Discuss] When I talk do you listen? Do you answer? Parlez-vous francais

[Adam Chlipala]

Stephen Taylor wrote:
> Tell me about yourself. Yes I should read the contact
> pages. But I'm still asking. ( I read too fast )
>   

As someone else suggested, this kind of message shouldn't be on 
hcoop-discuss.  Take this as an explanation of policy, not as a rebuke, 
please.  hcoop-misc would be a fine place.

One of the surprising aspects of making HCoop work (to me) has been the 
critical place of attention management.  Different members have 
different preferences for what kinds of discussions they want to 
participate in.  Someone who wants to be involved in the social 
organization of HCoop enough to subscribe to hcoop-discuss may still 
have a relatively low e-mail volume threshold.  If he receives many 
messages with people introducing themselves, this may lead him to 
conclude that he doesn't have the time to read hcoop-discuss, and thus 
we lose a valuable voice in decision-making.