<p dir="ltr">This is good to read afterall</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers!</p>
<p dir="ltr">sent from Google nexus 4<br>
kindly excuse brevity and typos.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Theresa Swinehart" <<a href="mailto:theresa.swinehart@icann.org">theresa.swinehart@icann.org</a>><br>Date: 11 Jul 2014 12:12<br>Subject: [Internetgovtech] update to discussion on Transition to the web<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:internetgovtech@iab.org">internetgovtech@iab.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:internetgovtech@iab.org">internetgovtech@iab.org</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution">All,<br>
<br>
Further to my note -- Thank you for your raising some important issues in<br>
relation to the migration of the IANA Transition mailing list to a web<br>
forum. We were trying to serve the broadest community we could as<br>
efficiently, transparently and as accessibly as we could, but recognize<br>
that the migration raised some concerns, which was not at all the<br>
intention, and I apologize for this. To address the feedback we have<br>
received, we are reinstating the mailing list and we are looking into the<br>
points raised around the terms of service.<br>
<br>
Further we apologize for instituting the previous changes without<br>
discussion or further feedback. While we are restoring the mailing list,<br>
there was - and still is - a purpose in setting up the forum, and though<br>
it's after the fact, it's nonetheless appropriate to share with you what<br>
motivated the change.<br>
<br>
We had input that some prospective participants are uncomfortable using<br>
email lists. We also had input that many people wanted additional<br>
functionality or different ways to manage communications. Specifically,<br>
the migration sought to provide a tool to those also less familiar with<br>
using only email lists. The forum was set up to provide the functionality<br>
expected from a mailing list, including that participants can send and<br>
receive posts via email just like the mailing list. It also some<br>
additional aspects some may find easier to manage via, including:<br>
· Ability to choose what they want to see (rather than have to set up<br>
email rules to filter out what they don't want). They can mute or follow<br>
specific threads.<br>
· Ability to sign up for digests (full or topic specific) on a schedule of<br>
their choosing.<br>
· Ability for search engines to search posts.<br>
· Ability to view and respond to specific topics.<br>
· Ability for participants to identify the most valuable contributions by<br>
'liking' them.<br>
· It can be easier for some less familiar with email lists to see new<br>
topics and to navigate to different topics.<br>
· Questions can be made and answered and referred to, saving repetition.<br>
· Future options include such as user selectable machine translation of<br>
posts, thereby allowing multiple language participation in the same<br>
discussion, without the conversation fragmenting by language or locality.<br>
<br>
We appreciate that a forum only option raised other concerns, including<br>
many don¹t like to use discussion forums or manage communications that<br>
way. Given the interests expressed to retain the mailing list it will be<br>
reopened shortly.<br>
<br>
Thank you again for your continued feedback and suggestions for<br>
improvements, they are important to continue to improve the mechanisms and<br>
engagement in these important discussions.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Theresa<br>
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