WG/OBIT/Mailing list cleanup - Steve

Boilerplate Request

(Sent to LIST@ and LIST-owner@)

Subject: Status of LIST mailing list?

Hello LIST,

We (OBIT) are in the process of doing some house keeping on our mailing lists. Specifically, we're trying to figure out which lists are still being used, and which can be retired (aka publicly archived [1] and deleted).

Are people still using this list? If yes, then just say so, and we'll leave it as-is.

On the other hand, if this list is no longer used, then please let us know so that we can archive and delete it.

Thanks in advance.

[1] The archive location is http://archive.occupyboston.org/mailing-lists/

In Progress - Batch 2

rainbowraiders

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
3/31/2013 Attempted to subscribe. Awaiting moderator approval.

resourcemap

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
3/31/2013 Attempted to subscribe. Awaiting moderator approval.

restorativejustice

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
3/31/2013 Attempted to subscribe. Awaiting moderator approval.

road_map_planning

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
3/31/2013 Attempted to subscribe. Awaiting moderator approval.

screenprint

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
3/31/2013 Attempted to subscribe. Subscribe succeeded.
3/31/2013 Sent boilerplate to list.

space

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
3/31/2013 Attempted to subscribe. Awaiting moderator approval.

In Progress - Batch 1

obmedia

(media.occubos hosting order)

2/17/2013 Sent Boilerplate
2/24/2013 Attempted to subscribe to list. Awaiting moderator approval

a4national

2/17/2013 Sent Boilerplate
2/24/2013 Attempted to subscribe to list. Awaiting moderator approval

alec

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate
2/24/2013 Attempted to subscribe to list. Awaiting moderator approval.

bank

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate
2/24/2013 Attempted to subscribe to list. Awaiting moderator approval

citizensresolution

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate
2/24/2013 Attempted to subscribe to list. Awaiting moderator approval

consensus

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate
2/24/2013 Attempted to subscribe to list. Awaiting moderator approval

direct_dem

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate
2/24/2013 Attempted to subscribe to list. Awaiting moderator approval.

To Delete

blog

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate. This generates an autoresponder message:

Blog@lists.occupyboston.org is an internal list for Occupy Boston's Media working group. If you'd like to get in touch with us, please email us at OccupyBostonMedia@gmail.com.

2/18/2013 Sent boilerplate to OccupyBostonMedia@gmail.com
2/18/2013 Farhad: "This list was never used. Thanks!"
2/18/2013 disabled

breakboa

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate
2/17/2013 Response from Ariel "I'm pretty sure this is not being used. Rarely ever was."
2/18/2013 Ariel was the original list owner. disabled

casa-announce

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate
2/19/2013 Monica: still used for a couple of announcements/month. Keep.
2/20/2013 Monica says they're using arts@lists.occupyboston.org, not casa-announce@lists.occupyboston.org. disabled

celly

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate. Held for moderation.
2/18/2013 Eli: "the mailing list is no longer in use. Feel free to archive"
2/18/2013 disabled

research

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
2/24/2013 Bobby Wengronowitz: "Unless others on the list have any objections, I think we can delete it. Hasn't been used in a while."
2/25/2013 Bobby W.: I'd be in favor of keeping the list then, to keep the archives. I'm in favor of keeping all list archives. There was no doubt an awful lot of emails, but we're mostly talking about text that shouldn't use that much memory. I'd imagine other occupy groups may be going through similar processes (or have or will), and that dumping all the archives from all the different groups into one place would be useful for research purposes.
2/25/2013 Keep for now. circle back: archives

spokes

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
2/24/2013 Rene says the list is dead. Marty asks about saving archives. Replied to both, saying that deleting the list would also delete the archives.
2/24/2013 Further discussion with Greg Murphy and Rene, re: pros and cons of retaining mail archives.
2/25/2013 Robin Jacks: "I agree that the archives should/must be saved".
2/25/2013 Keep for now. Circle back: archives

street

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
2/24/2013 Kevin Maley: "I don't think this list is used anymore"
2/24/2013 Wrote back to Kevin, to see if there was a desire to keep the mail archives.
2/25/2013 Linda Jenkins: I'd like to keep this one, Steve, in light of the fact that retiring it means losing any messages and addresses archive associated with it.
2/25/2013 Keep for now. circle back: archives

Done

arts

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate. Awaits moderator approval.
Cat Mead says list is still used. Keep.

bank-action

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate
2/17/2013 List hasn't seen much traffic in a while. Linda wants to retain the archives. Others want to do future bank actions. Keep.

energy

2/17/2013 Sent boilerplate. Interesting. obit-support seems to be on the energy list.
2/24/2013 Attempted to subscribe to list. Awaiting moderator approval.
2/25/2013 Dana: "I think it should be retired and put to bed.". disabled
4/10/2013 Archived and deleted

s30

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
3/1/2013 Dana: To my knowledge, the S30 list hasn't been used since S30, and should be retired. Disabled.
4/10/2013 Archived and deleted

saferspaces

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
3/31/2013 Attempted to subscribe. Subscribe succeeded.
3/31/2013 Sent boilerplate to list
4/6/2013 Rene: "This list hasn't been used a very long time"
4/10/2013 Archived and deleted.

stopsopa

2/24/2013 Sent boilerplate.
2/24/2013 Message awaits moderator approval.
3/31/2013 Attempted to subscribe. Subscribe succeeded.
3/31/2013 Sent boilerplate to list.
3/31/2013 Eli: "Nope. Good to archive"
4/10/2013 list archived and deleted