[luau] IMPORTANT - Upcoming List Policy

[R. Scott Belford]

It seems to me that so far there has been a great mixture of basic and 
advanced discussions.  Some things are over my head, and some things are 
under it.  This seems a great way to know where one's head is.

Hopefully there will continue to be many newcomers to the list totally 
intimidated by linux.  Surely someone will always ask where the 
linuxinstall.exe file is.  It will be great when Monmotha and others discuss 
advanced iptable scripts.  I look forward to being confused when Ray 
entertains a  complicated programming question.  I plan to be perplexed by 
the subtleties that come with any culture.  This has been an exceedingly 
civil group - a tone that is set well by Warren and the rest of you.

This is a linux mailing list.  There are so many types of linux users that I 
hope they/we are always welcome to post as everyone always has - honestly and 
with civility - regardless of the complication or depth of geekness.  The 
more I am confused and blown away, the more certain I become that I have more 
to learn.  What better place to discover this than within an evolving and 
learning linux community.(?)  Every "newbie" learns and grows.  If the 
newcomers are educators targeted by our LTSP for schools project, don't we 
think that these professionals know something about the learning process.  No 
need for watering down here.

The eventual Upcoming List Policy will not need to say much.  No more than a 
few intellectual objectives you all have and the means by which a group 
member can help to achieve them.  I would personally want a method or 
protocol to exist that would inform me if I misbehaved.  Perhaps a future 
steering committee member would do that on the rare occassions required.

Basically, all comments should be invited by any means possible.


scott