Re: European users mailing list

[Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>]

On Monday 30 July 2007 03:47, Dave Page wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >> Dave Page wrote:
> >>> As discussed at the first meeting of what will become the European
> >>> PostgreSQL Users Group after pgDay in Prato, we now have a mailing
> >>> list setup at pgsql-eu-general(at)postgresql(dot)org(dot)
> >>>
> >>> This is for the European users group, so is not really intended as a
> >>> technical list but as a place to discuss events, advocacy and other
> >>> topics relevant to our work in Europe.
> >>
> >> If it's not a general list, why did you name it "general"?  That will
> >> certainly cause confusion.  It sounds like -eu-advocacy might have
> >> been better.
> >
> > +1 -eu-advocacy seems to make more sense.
>
> With all due repect JD, you were not at the meeting at which this was
> discussed and are presumably unaware that we discussed more than just
> 'advocacy'. I expect there to be 3 or 4 -eu lists eventually, one of
> which may well be -advocacy.
>

*shrug*  I wasn't there either, but seems all the emails I have seen reffered 
to it as the "European PostgreSQL Users Group", so I expected it to look more 
like other users groups, ie. eupug(at)postgresql(dot)org(dot)  

> But for now, I was asked to arrange a general mailing list, which I have
> done.
>

Except we already had a general european mailing list, so I'm really not clear 
on what the above is meant for accomplishing.

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Robert Treat
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