[CI-Announce] some ci-announce list changes

[ken manheimer]

hi, all.  ci-announce at python.org has been around for a long time, and plans
to continue.  i've changed the operation of the ci-announce list a little
bit.  it now will send out monthly password reminders, like some other
mailman lists.  you can disable the reminder for your enrollment, if you
prefer.  instructions for accessing your account are included in the
reminder, when it comes out, including the email account address and
password to get you in.  look for the reminder option and turn that off when
the next reminder comes out (i think, at the end of march).

this change was provoked when thinking about possibly increasing a
connection with contactimprov.net, which has been undergoing some valuable
renovations.  in particular, craig harman has turned contactimprov.net into
an easy-to-use *self-service* directory, so everyone can add and manage jam,
event, and personal entries.  if you haven't renewed or established entries
there recently, do so soon - it's depending on people maintaining their own
entries to bring them across the transition.  (as with everything to do with
contactimprov.net and ci-announce, the people managing benefit only in
helping foster connections in ci - the services are completely free, and
there are no ad-sponsorships or anything like that.)

i'm hoping that some of the consolidation in contactimprov.net will help
establish some clear avenues for announcements and other community
communications.  please spread the word!

(the ci-announce changes will not affect those of you receiving this via
redistribution through the dc-ci
list<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/dc-ci>.
that's a special connection between the two lists, so you don't have to
subscribe to both, and dc-ci subscribers won't get password reminders for
ci-announce.  check out contactimprov.net, though, in any case...)
-- 
ken manheimer
http://myriadicity.net

  Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence.  Sound is that cup, but
  empty.  Noise is that cup, broken.  -- Robert Fripp
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