[Foundation-l] for the future...

[Dan Rosenthal]

I think most people on english wikipedia who are eligible voters are  
not likely to be mailing list subscribers.

-Dan Rosenthal
On Jul 3, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:

>> What is wrong with a very low traffic opt-in mailing list called
>> "Announcement-l" or something similar?  Where you can receive general
>> announcements about things like Wikimania, upcoming elections,  
>> changes
>> in board membership/leadership, and other significant issues of  
>> interest
>> to the larger community?
>>
>> There is more than one way to deal with this issue.
>
> Most of the people that would sign up to such a list are already
> signed up to various mailing lists. The fact that it is low-traffic is
> not likely to result in many more people signing up (it will probably
> result in fewer people unsubscribing later, though). I think people
> generally sign up to mailing lists if they find out about them and are
> interested in the subject matter. The level of traffic doesn't usually
> play a part until they come to decide if they should remain signed up.
> I doubt many people that aren't already subscribed to one of the many
> mailing lists (all of the ones I'm subscribed to have seen election
> related content) would even find out about a new list without some
> kind of major publicity. A simple check box would be much more likely
> to get people on board.
>
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