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Hey Eric, Can you tell me how many people are on the list? I'm curious for the results of the gender survey. I'm hoping that we got a decent sample size. Rosalyn On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > As the Code4Lib LISTSERV manager, I am able to make a number of antidotal > mailing list observations from the past few weeks: > > * The volume of mailing list traffic always surges just before the > annual meeting, but the conversation this time around was much broader than > in previous years. This time around it was much more about community, codes > of behavior, and discussions of values. Not all points of view were > expressed, but what was expressed seemed to naturally be the consensus of > the group. What is especially interesting to me is that there is very > little formal governance in our community, and yet things move along just > fine. This seems anomalous compared to other groups in which I belong, > especially in Library Land. > > * The number of subscribers has increased. Sure, there were a few people > who unsubscribed, but for every one unsubscriber I believe there were three > or four subscribers. Most of them were female. > > * Many lurkers came out of the woodwork over the past few week. Very > nice. Very interesting. Very encouraging. > > * Finally, I might make a judgement here, but in my experience, mailing > lists that surround communities as opposed to technologies seem to thrive > and have a longer lasting, more evolving life. Compare Code4Lib with > NGC4Lib, XML4Lib, and Perl4Lib. > > 'Just some rambling, antidotal observations. > > -- > ELM > University of Notre Dame >