Re: [AGA SC] Forum

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Before, I think we bogged in the issue of whether there was
pressing need or would be only be competing for an audience
in an already tight market. 

The insurance issue came on top of that. I don't think we
settled anything on the insurance issue -- for example we
didn't seem to have any idea how much insurance would be a
good amount to have -- because the market/demand issue
seemed to pretty much sway us. Also working against the
forums was the notion that to get enough good people to
manage and maintain the thing, we'd probably be drawing
from sites that wouldn't take kindly to it, possibly
engendering division rather than greater community.

Also J's apparent flakeiness didn't inspire confidence.

I'm suggesting we at least look at whether other folks feel
as strongly as those we've heard from. If there are enough
people that feel very strongly about it, they'll be will to
do as Cheryl has and offer to work on the project. 

On the risk side, AGA only has so much assets to lose and
A.G.A. or A-G-A can always be incorporated the next day.
Not an ideal resolution but it wouldn't be the end of the
world for AGA. I think the bigger issue is the amount of
assets the Board members have to lose and what it would
cost to reasonably protect them.

I don't like the complications but I like the idea of
offering more product for members and/or the hobbyist
community at large.

sh


--- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@wilstream.com> wrote:
> I understand. But I just don't accept that as a strong
> reason *not* to have 
> forums. I know we are all a little gunshy still, but we
> should not let the 
> jerks of this world make our business decisions for us.
> Maybe that's naive. 
> More likely stubborn.
> 
> I don't know what I said before, when James first
> proposed this, but I 
> would now support a forum and would help to manage it any
> way I could.
> 


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