Re: [GSAS-Member] A forum

["Matt Staroscik" <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

I'm a huge forum fan too but I think it's overkill in our case.

There are occasional general fishy discussions here, but most of the posts
relate to club business and what you can bring to the next meeting. If you
had to remember to check a forum, a lot of *that *utility would be lost.

I suspect most people here use existing well populated forums for more
general discussions.

- MS

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com>
wrote:

> That makes sense.  I do have a filter in my mail program, but I
> personally find a forum easier.  Of course I'm not going to stage a
> coup or anything, and I'll certainly go with whatever seems easiest,
> but I find forums to be a little more cohesive not only than the
> mailing list, but also the archive, it's easier to share photos, and
> registration could be filtered allowing only members to register(with
> their member number).  I understand that most forums require
> moderation, but there is none on the mailing list and I have yet to
> see crazy arguments, rants or death threats.  It's merely an idea that
> I thought I'd throw out there since many other regional clubs have
> forums.  :)
>
> -Laurel
> On Mar 5, 2008, at 9:30 AM, Erik Olson wrote:
>
> > Some of us prefer to get e-mail rather than having to remember to
> > visit a
> > website every day, and there's also a certain amount of policing
> > that has
> > to be done when running a forum that we don't have to worry about on a
> > mailing list.  Most mailers can be set up to shunt all your GSAS-
> > Member
> > mail to a particular inbox.  Heck, services like gmail will even
> > thread
> > the discussions.  And if you really really need to view things like a
> > forum, you can visit the archive at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member
> >
> >   - Erik
> >
> > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Laurel Larsen wrote:
> >
> >> Have you guys tried a forum instead of an email list?  I know that
> >> I'm
> >> still fairly new to the club, but it seems much easier than filling
> >> up
> >> one's inbox. There is a lot of software available for free and the
> >> cost of hosting is minimal.  I'd be willing to donate a few dollars
> >> to
> >> cover costs and do whatever to help get it up and running if there
> >> was
> >> interest.
> >> -Laurel
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