[Python-authors] what should we do with this list?

[Doug Hellmann]

I haven’t done much with marketing lately, because I haven’t had time to focus on making the list an active community. Maybe someone else has more time and interest to do that?

Doug

> On Oct 8, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Brian Jones <bkjones at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure. When I joined, I expected to see more questions from new
> authors, requests from editors or publishers, etc., but I can't recall
> any of that really happening, and certainly not over the past couple
> of years. I thought a list like this could be valuable, but perhaps
> the community is showing us otherwise.
> 
> What I *don't* know is how the list is 'marketed'. If there aren't
> multiple ways to find the list, then this would be expected. I'll
> admit that I have probably not mentioned this list to anyone in the
> past couple of years - out of sight out of mind I guess.
> 
> brian
> 
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Doug Hellmann <doug at doughellmann.com> wrote:
>> We started this list back in 2009 as a way for new and experienced authors writing about Python to share with each other. The list has been largely dormant since then. Many of you may not even remember subscribing to it. Most of the traffic I have seen over the last couple of years is related to moderating new members asking to join.
>> 
>> Should we keep the list active?
>> 
>> Doug
>> 
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