IMHO: email, si; forum, no.

-mj-

Alan Dayley wrote:
> Bill Jonas said:
> 
>>On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 01:26:48AM -0700, Terry Lynch wrote:
>>
>>>P.S.  Off topic, but I am wondering why PLUG communicates in this, at
>>>least imho, archaic and inefficient manner.
>>
>>You're right, email is *so* old-fashioned. ;-)
>>
>>
>>>Why not a forum?
> 
> 
> Email serves the majority of the members very well.  I agree with all of
> the reasons that Bill proferred.
> 
> I would ask you, Terry, why do you want a forum?  In what ways is an email
> list "archaic and inefficient" when compared to a forum?  Please elaborate
> on your reasons for preferring a forum over an email list.  They may be
> good ones.  Sell it to us.
> 
> 
>>>Are the administration/resources not available?
>>
>>I don't think that it would really take many more resources for a forum,
>>other than the initial setup.  I suppose that if it were preferred, the
>>Nuke software on the main PLUG web site could be used for this purpose.
> 
> 
> If the group really wants a forum, we can make one.
> 
> However, I will point out as a "market test" that the current article
> submission and posting process on the current PLUG web site is close to
> how a forum works already.  Once the initial article is moderated and
> posted, comments can be added by any logged in user.  But even with such
> an easy process very few people besides myself submit articles to the PLUG
> web site, other than job announcements.  And, very few people comment on
> the stories that are posted even though comments do not require
> moderation.
> 
> PLUG discussions are almost always email list centric for historical
> reasons (that's the way it has been) and for preference reasons (that's
> the way people want it, I think).  I have even posted web site articles
> asking for discussion with very few, if any, comments resulting.
> 
> 
>>>Personally I'd much prefer a forum but maybe that's just me...
>>
>>Have you considered starting one?  I'm being serious.  I would imagine
> 
> 
> Bill is right.  You are, infact, welcome to start one.  We would link to
> it from the current web site and, if it proves popular, see about
> incorporating it on the main site.
> 
> I am not finding it in the email list archive but I recall a PLUG member
> setting up a forum site a couple of years ago.  It was there originally to
> post member reviews of different Linux Distributions but was expandable to
> additional topics.  It was used for about a month and faded away.  You may
> be successful this time, however.
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
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