q u a s i wrote:
Ban html messages and lose the initiative on getting newbies into the GLUG. Getting warning messages the first time doesn't exactly seem to be a welcoming sign for any newbie probably struggling to install the OS on his system. Let it remain an elitist group then. Made up only of GEEKS.
Interested people will get in no matter how many difficulties -- and I dont see these as difficulties at all. And I would rather have 10 interested people than 1000 idiots here.
BTW other mailing lists like BLUG-* also have no HTML policy...
With an attitude like that, Linux will remain a geek's OS and stay confined to the sidelines of comuting history. If you want to see Linux grow, it needs more users and support from users. That will not happen till you are willing to tollerate so called "1000 idiots" and help them become something more than just idiots, make them better users.
If you want only 10 interested people (here are actually talking of Technically Advanced people, not Interested per se), then you should make the ILUG a Techies Only group, dont bother to pretend that you are going to help new users move in and adapt to the OS.
Regards Saswata