I'd be willing to help out moderating if it's needed. I work as a receptionist in the afternoons and most of my time is spent writing papers for school and surfing the internet waiting for calls. -Laurel On Mar 6, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Berg wrote: > Well if we decide to go down the road of setting up a forum I have a > lot of > experience setting up phpbb and Gallery so I can help out if needed. > > Later, > Berg > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Bryan Nichols > <b_monius_funk@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> I agree about the "feeling like I'm spamming" argument. A forum would >> eliminate that for me. >> >> I really don't think that moderating a forum would be difficult. It >> only >> takes a few individuals to make sure everything stays family >> friendly. With >> a group like this, I don't think we'll get into flame wars anyway. >> My wife >> moderates a forum and I'd be willing to moderate a GSAS forum along >> with >> some help if one ever materialized. >> >> Clifford Miller <clifford@clevergeek.com> wrote: >> When I first joined up it seemed like it would be fun to have an easy >> place to permantently share photos. Two things I like about a forum >> (and/or gallery setup) are that: >> >> 1) Some members might post more often to a forum than a list so >> they don't >> feel like they're spamming everyone. >> >> 2) mailing lists (that lack attachment abilities) encourage text >> linking >> from free photo-sharing sites for sharing pictures or files. In my >> experience, most of the things linked in list archives have long >> since >> gone missing as accounts expire or things get deleted or moved. >> Even if >> you find what you're looking for in the archives, if it's not a >> part of >> the message text, it's probably gone. >> >> If anyone would be interested, it would be pretty trival (a couple of >> clicks) to add a forum or gallery setup to my existing web host, >> and since >> the account already has more storage and transfer than I'll ever >> use, it >> wouldn't cost the group anything. >> >> I couldn't volunteer myself to police a forum or gallery full-time or >> anything, but as has been said, there isn't really any existing >> moderation >> going on now, so there probably wouldn't be all that much needed? >> >> Just offering options... >> >> Cliff >> >> >>> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Laurel Larsen wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> That is true about the photos. The same scheme that keeps this list >>> spam-free also is (for better or worse) what keeps us photo-free. >>> >>> However, it does make me think... we could open it up to allow small >> photo >>> attachments (jpeg only, say 200k total per e-mail?). It means that >> those >>> e-mails would be larger when photos are attached. Those >>> subscribed to >> the >>> digest would not get the photos, but they would be available in the >>> archive. If anyone has an opinion one way or another, e-mail me >>> privately... it would be easy to do this on a trial basis and turn >>> it >> back >>> off if it got out of hand. >>> >>> >>>> registration could be filtered allowing only members to >>>> register(with >>>> their member number). >>> >>> This is a bit more tricky, because it requires synchronizing of the >>> database with the forum, or someone to moderate subscribe >>> requests, etc. >>> Much like public radio, we don't actually keep non-members off this >> list, >>> theory being that it may encourage them to come to a meeting or an >>> auction, or even (gasp) join! >>> >>> >>>> 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 not so much the discussions getting out of hand as the >> opportunistic >>> spam bots and other completely unrelated junk that shows up. It's >> really >>> nice that this list has essentially had no spam on it for going on >>> nine >>> years now. Over on the AGA forum, until we added a customized >>> 'plant >>> quiz' to the registration (something I had to custom-code), we were >>> getting 2-5 messages a day posted for Cell phone accessories, >> prescription >>> drugs, and other inappropriate topics. And they're all posted by >> robots, >>> so they never stop. >>> >>>> It's merely an idea that >>>> I thought I'd throw out there since many other regional clubs have >>>> forums. :) >>> >>> Definitely -- don't stop with the ideas! >>> >>> - Erik >>> >>> -- >>> Erik Olson >>> erik at thekrib dot com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GSAS-Member mailing list >>> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >>> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GSAS-Member mailing list >> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Never miss a thing. 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