[H-GEN] The first LCA Bid discussion: where do we have it?

[Russell Stuart]

Hi all.  A discussion has sprung up about whether we need a new mailing
list for the LCA bid.

My personal view is we should just use Humbug's general list for this.
The reason is fairly straight forward: using general ensures the entire
club knows what we are doing, where we are at, and generally is kept in
the loop.  My view might be different if general was a busy list, but it
isn't.  Right now it can use all the traffic it can get, and I am a firm
believer in "traffic generates more traffic".

I imagine there are two counter arguments.  The first is the rest of the
club may not be interested in the noise we generate, and may even find
it irritating.  If you are part of the "rest of the club" it would be
helpful if you joined in and stated your feelings on the matter one way
of the other.

The second is one of confidentiality.  As you probably all know by now I
am a huge fan of doing things in an open and transparent way, so even if
there was an special list I'd rather it was open too.  Nonetheless there
will be things that must be kept confidential - such as Wellington's bid
document.  But there are other ways of dealing with that when the need
arises, as Wellington's bid document demonstrates.

As I said, if you have opinions on the matter please join in - but do so
fairly quickly.  I gather the issue is fairly urgent.