On 2016-03-21 09:40, Richard Brown wrote:
On 21 March 2016 at 09:33, Ish Sookun <ish@hacklog.mu> wrote:
Hi all,
On 03/20/2016 05:03 PM, Christian Boltz wrote:
So the plan is to break existing mail addresses once someone becomes inactive? That makes it less likely that people actually use their @opensuse.org mail address because "it could go away". That also means less "advertising" for openSUSE.
I agree with Christian. Though I am not much active on the mailing list, forums and even IRC, I do happen to evangelize openSUSE with the resources I got here in Mauritius. The opensuse.org email alias is one of the "tools" that comes handy when promoting openSUSE, especially while contacting local institutions (e.g universities) to host events.
I'd propose to keep the mail address even for retired members (unless someone actively asks to drop it, or it starts bouncing mails).
I go along Christian's suggestion.
But why? you are an active member and want to remain one, you just have the misfortune of your contributions being unlikely of being automatically detected
So with the planned procedure, you'll receive an email
That email will ask if you're still interested in being a member
You will reply Yes
And you wouldn't become a retired member, you'd keep having your @opensuse.org email address...nothing would change
People will only be retired if they choose they no longer want to be a member
And if they no longer want to be a member, I do not see why they should still be able to represent the project with an @opensuse.org email address
I think the point here is the *single* email that some fear might get lost. Make it two or three emails. One with the 30 day period, then one on the day before - and finally a last one "We've closed your account", Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger aj@{suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org