[GSBN] Admin: Proposal for Non-posting subscribers

Mon Dec 12 05:31:16 UTC 2011

Sorry, hit send too fast.

Language looks great, Bill . . . though perhaps just a tad blunt at  
the start.  Perhaps
"The ability to post to GSBN is by invitation only. "
could become:
"Sorry, but the ability to post to GSBN is by invitation only. "

Thanks,

Bruce "Miss Manners" King

On Dec 11, 2011, at 8:28 PM, Bill Christensen wrote:

> I don't think I'd go so far as an Occupy GSBN movement... I'm not a  
> fan of tear gas or confrontational techniques myself. ;-)  Besides,  
> the only pigs at the straw construction trough are three little  
> ones, and they're in the 99%.
>
> Here's what I've written for the rejection notice for posts from  
> uninvited guests:
> The ability to post to GSBN is by invitation only.  Any posts sent  
> to the GSBN address from email addresses which have not been  
> approved to post are automatically discarded.
>
> The Global Straw Building Network is a private discussion list with  
> publicly available archives and the option for anyone to subscribe  
> in non-post mode.  It is composed of representatives of regional  
> organizations and other non-affiliated key individuals involved in  
> the general advancement of straw-bale and other straw-use building  
> materials and techniques. The intentionally small number of members  
> range from highly experienced professionals to well informed  
> laypeople.
>
> Other discussion forums about building with straw exist elsewhere  
> for those who are new to the process and/or to building techniques  
> in general. Please see http://strawbale.sustainablesources.com or http://sustainablesources.com/resources/online-discussions/ 
>  to join them.
>
> Should you have further questions about the operation of GSBN,  
> please contact the list maintainer/host at http://sustainablesources.com/about/contact-us/
>
> I'm open to edits or feedback on all of this.
>
>
> On 12/11/11 9:58 PM, Maurice Bennett wrote:
>>
>> The wider the audience the wider the acceptance of all that this  
>> group attempts to foster.  The membership should not be opened to  
>> one and all but the information certainly deserves to be available.
>>
>> So are we advocating Occupy GSBN?
>>
>> MHB
>>
>> On Dec 11, 2011, at 04:50 PM, Bruce King  
>> <bruce at ecobuildnetwork.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like a great idea to me.  I don't remember writing or  
>>> reading anything here that couldn't be made public.  And anyway,  
>>> as you say we're all aware that once you send an email anywhere,  
>>> it's public or at least findable.
>>>
>>> Let's not go hiding our torches or candles or sometimes teensy  
>>> burning match ends under bushel baskets.  Let GSBN free!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Bruce King
>>> bruce at bruce-king.com
>>>
>>> (415) 987-7271
>>> Twitter: @EBNetwork
>>> bruceking.posterous.com
>>>
>>> On Dec 11, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Bill Christensen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> As y'all might know by now, the GSBN discussions are interesting  
>>>> and popular, not just with GSBN folks but with others in the  
>>>> straw building world as well.
>>>>
>>>> We've long made the archives available to all.  Google and other  
>>>> search engines regularly crawl the archives, so they're easily  
>>>> searchable by putting "GSBN" and your topic in the search field.
>>>>
>>>> But we also regularly get requests from non GSBN people who just  
>>>> want to be able to receive and read the emails and learn from  
>>>> them, without participating in the discussion.  I just got  
>>>> another compelling request the other day which caused me to re- 
>>>> think things.
>>>>
>>>> Right now, GSBN is set up as an invitation-only list.  I'm the  
>>>> only one who can subscribe people.  If instead we changed the  
>>>> setup such that *anyone* can subscribe but only specific people  
>>>> (the current and future invited membership) can post to the  
>>>> discussion, with any other posts to the list getting rejected/ 
>>>> returned to the sender, I think we can expand GSBN's influence.   
>>>> The whole point is to spread knowledge of best practices, after  
>>>> all.
>>>>
>>>> One change which would come from this is that those of us with  
>>>> multiple addresses would have to post from the correct one or  
>>>> we'll receive a rejection notice.  Up til now I've been getting a  
>>>> notice any time one of you does that, then going in and reviewing  
>>>> the message and manually approving them for publication to the  
>>>> list.  That won't happen any more.
>>>>
>>>> The only other potential downside - and it's sort of a moot point  
>>>> since the archives are published automatically - is that we would  
>>>> want to watch what we say about specific problems with specific  
>>>> projects.  Not naming owners or builders or otherwise pointing  
>>>> fingers that could be followed by insurance companies or lawyers,  
>>>> for instance.  I think we're all pretty careful about that anyway  
>>>> as most of us have been on the internet long enough to know that  
>>>> no email is truly private.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not attached to the decision either way but I'd like to hear  
>>>> some of your thoughts.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Bill Christensen
>>>>
>>>> <http://SustainableSources.com>
>>>>
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>
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>
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