boundaries

[Rob Seaman]

> What do others think about the boundary between this group and the  
> workgroups? And what is the best way to capture that boundary in  
> the charter of the group?

The semantics forum has existed since September 2002 (and I for one  
have been receiving it since the beginning).  Prior to 4 days ago,  
there had been 91 messages in 31 months.  79 of those messages came  
in the first month and a half of the list's existence.  Over the next  
two and a half years, there were a grand total of a dozen messages.   
There have been about three dozen messages in the last few days.  Is  
it truly necessary, or desirable, to throttle back the first  
interesting discussion that comes along?  Note that the mailing list  
has a threaded archive (http://www.ivoa.net/forum/semantics) for  
those who would prefer to skip entire topics.

That said, the best way to muffle a discussion you don't want to have  
is to start an alternate discussion about something that interests  
you more.

Rob Seaman
NOAO
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