[yapc] Missing subcribers

[Matt S Trout]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:05:30AM -0700, David Romano wrote:
> 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?

I am slightly worried about JT's insistence on spamming the list with a badly
formatted copy of his blog posts.

I'm much *more* worried about JT's refusal to actually put the people he's
trying to reach on the bloody list in the first place.

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