[Lincs] Worries About The Future Of The Group...

[Dave Pearson]

* Peter Cooper <peter at petercooper.co.uk> [2004-08-18 11:03:54 +0100]:

> So perhaps the message board could be 'pushed' a bit more. The only reason
> I didn't sign up there yet is because it's unused, but this is a catch 22!
> Forums and message boards are popular and well understood nowadays, and
> perhaps the lurkers would be more likely to contribute to discussion there
> rather than on IRC. The message board is more ideal for conversation,
> wouldn't lead to large floods of e-mail in the mailing list, and unlike
> IRC isn't too dependent on everyone meeting at the same time. It may also
> mean those from other LUGs can comment on our discussions, all keeping the
> fire burning nicely.

The flip-side is, of course, that there are people like myself who can't
abide "message boards". While it's less of an issue for me now that I've
finally got ADSL a message board can be terribly inefficient because you've
got to be connected to the net the whole time you use them. On top of this
you can't use your own email/news composition and archiving tools to engage
with them. For some people this can mean that it's a costly and annoying way
of trying to communicate.

-- 
Dave Pearson
http://www.davep.org/