[yapc] Missing subcribers

[Uri Guttman]

On 05/25/2012 02:34 PM, Daniel Wright wrote:
> The list seems to be running on Mailman, which does have a feature to
> mail out invitations to the list.
>
> Perhaps a good compromise here is to mail everybody going to YAPC an
> invitation to the list and some text explaining why they should.
> If they want to join, they just need to click the link.   If they
> don't, then they ignore it and go on with their day.

a fine idea. can someone do that asap so we don't lose more time before 
yapc?

>
> I was auto-subscribed to the list when I went to my first YAPC.   I'm
> glad that happened.   But since then, we've grown new ways to get
> information about the conference such as the blog page.   The mailing
> list is now just one of several channels to get the exact same
> information.   So maybe people are now more likely to want ways to
> get just the facts without all the discussion.
>
again true, but do newcomers know about the blog and where it is? do 
they check it all the time? the mailing list is still a primary thing 
and should stay that way. if you don't like autosubscribe (and you did), 
then your mailman invitation idea is good. is that done when you sign up 
to attend? bulk each week with new signups? the target is yapc newbies 
who don't know the layout of the land. this is why autosubscribe is the 
winner here.

uri