# Opening up to the community **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [August 8, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/opening-up-to-the-community/29 "2020-08-08T11:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![charlesmartin](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/charlesmartin/32/18_2.png) [@charlesmartin](https://forum.nime.org/u/charlesmartin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/opening-up-to-the-community/29/1 "2020-08-08T11:42:39Z")
I think it would be great to open up to the community soon/now, but maybe in a slightly soft way before blasting to the whole mailing list. Maybe we could invite a few more community members to join, see how thing work, and start up some of the important conversations from the recent conference? _edit:_ I’m just emailing invites to few people as I think of them, I think it would be great if others could do the same! ---
**Author:** ![alexarje](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/alexarje/32/8_2.png) [@alexarje](https://forum.nime.org/u/alexarje)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/opening-up-to-the-community/29/2 "2020-08-09T20:27:21Z")
Yes, I think a soft opening is good, so that we can learn along the way. I think it would be good to e-mail to the people of the ecosystem workshop, to have some more people join in from there. ---
**Author:** ![mzed](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/mzed/32/33_2.png) [@mzed](https://forum.nime.org/u/mzed)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/opening-up-to-the-community/29/3 "2020-08-10T12:00:57Z")
Michael Lyons mentioned it in his last email, which is how I found it. So, the soft opening has begun, for better or worse. ---
**Author:** ![mjl](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/mjl/32/20_2.png) [@mjl](https://forum.nime.org/u/mjl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/opening-up-to-the-community/29/4 "2020-08-10T16:20:14Z")
Ah … perhaps I’ve jumped the gun. I noticed that Alexander had provided a link to the forum in the group mailing to the publications ecosystems workshop participants, and assumed that the forum was already public. Hopefully this is not going to cause problems … ---
**Author:** ![mzed](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/mzed/32/33_2.png) [@mzed](https://forum.nime.org/u/mzed)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/opening-up-to-the-community/29/5 "2020-08-10T16:27:25Z")
How ever it happened, this seems to be a really clever approach. Only people who actually read the emails will come here, which is probably a self-selecting group of engaged forum participants. ---
**Author:** ![charlesmartin](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/charlesmartin/32/18_2.png) [@charlesmartin](https://forum.nime.org/u/charlesmartin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/opening-up-to-the-community/29/6 "2020-08-10T23:46:10Z")
> [@mjl](#): > > Hopefully this is not going to cause problems … Nah, it’ll be great! Everything is ready to go, time to just start talking! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MarcoDonnarumma](https://forum.nime.org/user_avatar/forum.nime.org/marcodonnarumma/32/44_2.png) [@MarcoDonnarumma](https://forum.nime.org/u/MarcoDonnarumma)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.nime.org/t/opening-up-to-the-community/29/7 "2020-08-20T10:20:10Z")
I LOOOOVE that we have a forum. This is just great! 😍 😍 😍