[wp-pro] Discontinuing this mailing list

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I would be happy to manage the list and indemnify automattic. I agree that the list is a very useful consortium of professionals and I have hired several people from this list and would hire more. Because I am registered here, I never planned on registering anywhere else. What process do you have where by I could manage the listserv for you, and thus save time. Basically we would publish a list of rules and from these rules I would manage the users experience.

I really don't mind doing this for free. I am sure there are many that feel the same. 

Mark Bragg

cc/Ryan Gibson, Publish Knowledge
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Scott 
  To: jane at automattic.com ; wp-pro at lists.automattic.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 4:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [wp-pro] Discontinuing this mailing list


  Agreed, Jane, please chime in. If we the users want it, let us have it.




  On Aug 19, 2010, at 3:21 AM, Gavin Pearce wrote:


    Jane - the WP-Pro mailing list would welcome your views please.

    The vast majority here would like it to stay, and no discussion has been made within the community of your recent decision.

    Gav

    From: wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Dan Milward
    Sent: 19 August 2010 04:49
    To: Marcy Capron
    Cc: wp-pro at lists.automattic.com
    Subject: Re: [wp-pro] Discontinuing this mailing list

    It would make sense... those kids are always pushing the boundaries..  does anybody know of a good HTML5-Pro mailing list :P

    d

    On 19/08/10 3:41 PM, Marcy Capron wrote:
    Hmm, I think the Easy Car Seat man had a point -- why not buildout the WPCOOP thing to be a buddypress site with job boards obviously, and have job postings auto-send to the google group email??

    hell, with all the traffic from developers, The Deck Network would probably dish out serious money for adspace.

    Just sayin'.

    p.s. Dan -- I hear a lot of Ruby on Rails programmers are knee deep in HTML5...

    Marcy
    ..............................................................
    { POLYMATHIC } + polymathicmedia.com
    Project Manager    +   Senior Developer 
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    On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Impress The Net <impressthenet at gmail.com> wrote:
    Add me to the list of people who would be disappointed if this list
    were to die a quick, yet untimely, death.

    I don't consider myself a WP Pro, as I've mainly only generated themes
    from existing layouts (something I'm expecting to change once the
    demands of clients and a full time job ease up.)  But even lurking has
    been a good thing.

    With 22 years of software development, I've seen plenty of things
    change.  It would be nice if the loss of this list wasn't an
    additional one.

    2010/8/18 Marek Rattiste <marek at rattiste.com>:
    > I'm really sad seeing this list go. I've found some great clients from here
    > and as I can see the workflow is ongoing. Despite the fact that we have
    > places like jobs.wordpress.net and other hiring sites, some clients still
    > turn here with their problems.
    >
    > Wish you the very best, WP developers!
    >
    > Marek Rattiste
    > Phone: +372 566 18001
    > Skype: marek.rattiste
    > MSN: marek at rattiste.com
    > http://www.rattiste.com
    >
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com
    > [mailto:wp-pro-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Jane Wells
    > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:27 PM
    > To: wp-pro at lists.automattic.com
    > Subject: [wp-pro] Discontinuing this mailing list
    >
    > Hello everyone. When this list was started back in 2005, there were not that
    > many WordPress consultants, and not that many people hiring them, either. :)
    > As you know, since that time WordPress has grown considerably, and the
    > number of people making a living from WordPress-based businesses is amazing.
    > There are numerous websites to connect consultants to gigs, referral
    > services, help lines, etc. Because that seems to be where the bulk of
    > opportunities are getting posted these days, we're going to deactivate the
    > wp-pro mailing list this week.
    >
    > Let's face it: when someone says they want to hire someone for a WordPress
    > job, making them sign up for a mailing list just to post an ad is a little
    > ridiculous when they could go to a site like http://jobs.wordpress.net and
    > put up a post that can be easily managed/updated in moments as well as being
    > seen by far more people.
    >
    > For anyone subscribed to the list currently wondering where they should go
    > now to post jobs/look for consultants, we recommend
    > http://jobs.wordpress.net, though other sites such as http://elance.com and
    > http://www.odesk.com usually have a lot of WordPress gig listings as well.
    > There's also a consultant list at http://codepoet.com.
    >
    > Mailing lists are great for discussions, but they're just not the best way
    > to hire people. Thanks for all the good times, and good luck with your
    > WordPress businesses!
    >
    > Jane Wells
    > WordPress.org
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