Creation of marketing@qt-project.org discussion list

As discussed in the [Development] mailing list: http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2011-November/000290.html & followups.

I want to propose the creation of a mailing list focusing on
marketing, events and misc community activities not directly related
with software development:

• qt-project.org content.
• Marketing activities.
• Organization and involvement in events.
  ...

The problem is that many of the people actually working on these
activities (at Nokia, other companies, individuals...) are not really
engaged in software development and I don't see them subscribing here
only to cherry-pick the non-technical discussions. What it happens in
practice is that someone like me must go after them to their mailboxes,
blogs, tweets, etc - without a clear record of whatever discussions we
might have.

I subscribe totally to the principle of less lists with high traffic and
the education on e.g. mail filters. I think it works well to prevent the
fragmentation of discussions inside a meta-area (e.g. software
development) but I don't think it is the solution for everything
especially when you are mixing busy people with very different backgrounds.

The existence of "marketing" or "community" specific mailing lists in
big free software projects is quite usual. Probably for a good reason.

Please consider. Thank you.

PS: Lars Knoll, Thiago Maciaira and Stephen Kelly have expressed their support in the discussion list.