[Chapter-delegates] For a brave new world: kill standards, prepare for the unexpected! [was: Your platform to Communicate, Participate and Collaborate: Connect!]

[CW Mail]

Good afternoon from London iCANN50:

I agree with Klaus and Christian that some reconfiguration of Connect would be welcome.
I find it rather difficult to understand how 'Connect' is designed to work.

At present, my mail box makes it appear that ALL these communications are addressed to myself, personally.
And the assumption is that's what they look like to ALL other recipients. (Although one may interpolate from this discussion that may not be the case. Correct?)

Normally I post to these lists as little as possible and reserve the option to reply to the sender on a personal basis.
However, I have already encountered that <reply-to-sender> has somehow been blocked.

Isn't it rather odd that Connect makes us feel so wonky that we have to discuss it on the Chapters' List.

Best regards to you all

CW

PS: 	Although I have a rough idea of who is on the Chapters' Delegates List, I really have no idea who is on the Connect List.
	Actually I am sufficiently old fashioned to feel a strong preference to knowing who I am talking to … 


On 21 Jun 2014, at 10:33, Klaus Birkenbihl <Klaus.Birkenbihl at Isoc.de> wrote:

> +1
> 
> Christian de Larrinaga wrote on 28.05.2014 12:23:
>> Can this new Connect service be reconfigured so that emails coming
>> from it are clearly being sent to me with To: or Cc: an ISOC list
>> address rather than to me personally unless I am actually
>> participating in a conversation or thread. Also including an
>> identifying string for the list in Subject (for instance ISOC List for
>> chapters) would be most helpful improvement i.e., can it behave like a
>> proper email list?
>> 
>> Currently it breaks GTD and other methods to prioritise incoming
>> emails for ISOC lists and so is not yet an adequate substitute for
>> mailman or alternatives because of that. 
> 
> + ...
> I have learned that we at Internet Society don't take Web and
> accessibility standards too serious when it comes to our own.
> Now I have to learn that even parts of RFCs are carelessly
> ignored. As there is the RFC 2822 which defines "In-Reply-To"
> or the "References" headers which allow mail clients to group
> e-mails into threads. No "In-Reply-To" or "References" header
> to be found on mails send by "Chapter Leaders Community". And since
> everything is controlled by "Mail at ConnectedCommunity.org" there is
> also no option to reply to sender by a private mail. Even worse:
> if you push "reply to sender" in your mail client the mail goes to
> "Mail at ConnectedCommunity.org" anyhow.
> 
> I understand there are agencies who make our website and provide
> the group communication services for us. But maybe we can avoid the
> impression that standard ignorance is a prerequ to get awarded
> with a contract.
> 
> Cheers, Klaus
> 
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> 
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