Re: [Nolug] Re: Forum

I would be willing to use the forum but it would have to have an RSS feed to
tell me when something new was posted. I agree with Fritz, I just don't want
to log in to another site to check to see if something has been posted.

Chris

On 9/11/06, Mark Gunnell <bluecat332@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Fritz, i'm glad this email thread inspired you to contribute. i've never
> met you before nor have i heard from you on the mailing list. maybe these
> discussions will rouse others to contribute more as well.
> however, for those of us that check sites everyday (like news sites, tech
> sites, forums, subject matter specific sites, etc), checking a forum is
> simple. as human beings, we will dedicate energy to something that
> interests us. if no one is posting interesting information to the net, it
> will be unread whether its medium is a mailing list or a forum.
> and honestly, i would rather have that stuff put into a forum so i can
> ignore it than clogging up my email box.
> i've asked a few questions to this mailing list and actually was replied
> to snidely that i should log on to a user group/forum and ask the question.
> that turned me off to asking any more questions here. and besides a few
> small pockets of expertise (joey, trey, et al), there is more information
> widely available on a forum than in our own LUG.
> i'd be curious to see how many LUGs participate in mailing lists as their
> primary means of distributing and sharing information.
>
>
> *Fritz <fgurtler@gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> I dont know how everyone manages the information glut out there. I use
> two things: my email, and bloglines. If you were to dissolve the mailing
> list and force me to check yet another website to see if anyone had posted
> something, honestly, I would probably never do it. Why? Because forums
> require a certain conversation level to remain active. Why log on every day
> for a week to see 2-3 posts made in that time span? Mailing lists tie into
> something that is indispensible to most people, and therefore will be
> checked.
>
> NOLUG with the current level of traffic would probably completely die if
> you forced it to go to a forum format.
>
> As far as no one learning anything, I havent seen many questions. I guess
> some more traffic in the FYI / new developments category would be
> interesting, but as someone who doesnt use linux myself currently, I cant
> really contribute.
>
> Unrelated, but I have another idea for a meeting topic. If anyone has
> some good solid experience using GnuCash for a personal / small business
> accounting package, I would like to hear about that. I was thinking of a
> mix of best accounting practices for a personal budget and a small company,
> and exploration of the GnuCash feature set. If no one has experience / or
> is willing to put something together, I might research and do it, but that
> would probably take me till early next year with my current free time
> availibility.
>
> -- Fritz
>
> On 9/11/06, Mark Gunnell <bluecat332@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > i have to jump on here about the "opportunities to be apathetic"
> > statement. joey, don't take this personally, but you're the president of
> > this organization. calling the activities of its denizens apathetic doesn't
> > seem very positive nor is it very 'leader-like'.
> >
> > i'm with trey. what we're doing right now isn't working. we have half
> > a dozen participants and no one is really learning anything. if trey wants
> > to make a forum, i'm all for it. in fact, i'd rather use that than this
> > mailing list. mailing lists are very old technology. why not move into
> > some other venues. rss maybe sometime? forum and new websites are better
> > than what we have now.
> >
> > we need some injection of life into this organization... or disolve it -
> > one way or another. it's dead already... someone just needs to kick some
> > dirt on it.
> >
> > that's just my opinion, i could be wrong.
> >
> > trey, i'm logging onto your forum right now.
> >
> > *Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net>* wrote:
> >
> > On Sunday 10 September 2006 08:54, Trey Fox wrote:
> > > Well if we make our own forum, it will be open more open to the
> > public. I
> > > know that there are a lot of people who don't really like mailing
> > lists.
> > > Some people are more comfortable with forums. It also becomes a way to
> >
> > > better watch the content, and remove unwanted content.
> >
> > Back when Scott ran the website, he set up PHPBB or whatever, which
> > lasted
> > about a year or so. Few people posted to it.
> >
> > Anyhow, we have a mailing list, a wiki, an irc channel, and now a
> > weblog, and
> > there isn't a lot of activity on any of these forums. IMHO, adding more
> > opportunities for people to be apathetic is a lose-lose proposition.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joey Kelly
> > < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
> > http://joeykelly.net
> >
> > How many spyware pop-ups did you get on your Windows computer today?
> >
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