[ncc-announce] [service] Improvements to the members-discuss Mailing List

Dear RIPE NCC members,

The members-discuss mailing list is the main forum for members to
discuss issues of importance for the membership among themselves.
However, subscribed members have increasingly experienced problems when
many people requested to unsubscribe on the list, resulting in unwanted
email for all subscribers.

In response to requests to address this issue, we have made improvements
to the subscribe and unsubscribe options for the RIPE NCC Membership
Discussion mailing list. A summary of the changes is as follows:

Subscribing
- Subscription to the list is carried out in the usual way via the
Subscribed Mailing Lists section in https://my.ripe.net.
- All members who subscribe to members-discuss will receive an email
asking them to confirm their subscription. Once members confirm
subscription, they will receive a welcome email with a password and
instructions on how to unsubscribe.
- The option to subscribe has been removed from the New LIR sign-up
process. Instead, members receive an email six months after activation
informing them of their full member status and how to join the members
discuss list.

Unsubscribing
Members can now unsubscribe from the list in three ways:
- By clicking a personalised unsubscribe link that appears in the footer
of emails they receive from the members-discuss list. You will need to
use the password you received when subscribing (a forgot password
functionality is available). The personalised link will also show the
email address that you are subscribed to the list with. This will help
to address issues with people subscribed via a role account or alias.
- By sending an email to members-discuss at ripe.net with the subject
"unsubscribe".
- Unsubscribing from the list is possible in the usual way via the
Subscribed Mailing Lists section in https://my.ripe.net.

Members will receive an email asking them to confirm unsubscription.

The members-discuss list is currently moderated but we plan to remove
moderation shortly. If you have any questions about the changes, please
let me know.

Kind regards,

Fergal Cunningham
Membership Communications Officer
RIPE NCC