Re: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community

[Greg Holmes <greg -dot- holmes -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Lisa Wright wrote:

>It's very funny that so many posters have gone straight to
>the issue of tools,even though it's not broken, it just needs
>new stewardship.

The reason "tools" matter here is that they change the equation.
An ad-supported website + email list has more or less become
a commodity.  This changeover *could* just be about selecting
some new stewards to moderate a Yahoo group (or has Google
got their competing offering ready yet?).  OK, and some
pesky details like article publication rights, etc ;)

By choosing to require this to be a "business proposition",
the Rays may have *made* it something complicated, to
involve lots of discussion, ultimately, about costs, "tools",
etc.

I agree *precisely* with the argument that what matters is
that the list has had excellent stewardship, and that this
should continue under somebody new.  Which is precisely
why I see no reason not to let somebody else (like Yahoo)
handle the "tools"/costs issue, and focus on selecting new
stewards on their merits rather than money or business
acumen.

Greg Holmes

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