[yapc] Missing subcribers

[David Romano]

Uri Guttman wrote on Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:03:14AM MST:
> On 05/25/2012 09:38 AM, Matt S Trout wrote:
> >On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 08:04:29AM -0500, JT Smith wrote:
> >>Next year when you run YAPC::NA feel free to spam everybody you want. I,
> >>however, think that mailing lists should be opt-in and therefore refuse to
> >>auto-subscribe everyone.
> >
> 
> we have always autosubscribed attendees to the list and it is not an
> optin/optout issue. many attendees are first timers and don't know
> about the mailing list. ...
While I am not attending YAPC::NA this year, I have to agree with Uri. When I
first attended YAPC, I would have been very lost without having been
subscribed to this list. Since then, I have lurked on the list and appreciate
the wave of activity every year leading up to, and including, the YAPC. I
really wanted to make it this year, but personal issues stopped me from
scheduling time off from work.

It seems that JT & Matt are concerned about spam, and Uri is worried about
lack of communication, especially for new participants. Why not modify Act to
provide an option during registration to subscribe to the mailing list? Rather
than have a checkbox (which could lean towards either being opt-in *or*
opt-out) have a radio button where the registrant has to select either "yes"
or "no" to being subscribed to the mailing list, with the mailing list
configurable by the YAPC organizer for that year. I know this doesn't address
Uri's concern about this particular YAPC, but what do you all think of that
solution for future YAPCs?

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