Mailing lists
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Main lists
People registering on PublicLaboratory.org are auto-subscribed to most of these lists (or you can uncheck at time of registration if you want). To manage your subscriptions, go to https://groups.google.com/.
publiclaboratory - the main Public Lab list; if in doubt, post here! (1200+ members as of 5/2/2013)
grassrootsmapping - balloon and kite-mapping specific list. Lots of healthy overlap with publiclaboratory (859 members as of 5/2/2013)
plots-spectrometry - spectrometry and spectral analysis discussion list. Lots of healthy overlap with publiclaboratory (579 members as of 5/2/2013)
plots-infrared - near-infrared and vegetation monitoring discussion list. Lots of healthy overlap with publiclaboratory (23 members as of 5/2/2013)
laboratoriopublico - la lista de correo en castellano -- inactivo por ahora
Local lists
Lists for announcing/coordinating local events and meetups, and asking for local help. These are shown as options upon registering at PublicLaboratory.org. Some consistency in spam handling, joining policy, and naming will be very helpful as the # of local lists grows.
Also we want to just be careful not to let research-related conversations fragment. Each list should have at least one moderator who's responsible for spam and/or willing to say "Wow! Please take this extremely interesting conversation to the main publiclaboratory list!"
- plots-amsterdam
- plots-baltimore-dc
- plots-boston (117 members as of 2/21)
- plots-butte - inactive?
- plots-gulfcoast (41 members as of 2/21)
- plots-norcal (70 members as of 1/13)
- plots-nyc (158 members as of 4/28)
- plots-philadelphia (new)
- plots-providence
- plots-skane (Sweden)
- plots-southeast
Topical Lists
Organizers list
- plots-organizers - leadership group of people interested in organizing and coordinating the Public Lab community (by nomination)
Working Groups (WGs)
- media@publiclaboratory.org - the media working group (by nomination)
- retail@publiclaboratory.org - the retail working group (by nomination)
- web@publiclaboratory.org - the web working group (by nomination)
Nonprofit arm lists
- staff@publiclaboratory.org - staff of the nonprofit arm
- board@publiclaboratory.org - board of directors of the nonprofit
Graphs
We are recording the growth of these lists over time on this spreadsheet and graphing the results here to track community growth: