Stu, First, thank you for all the work you have put into setting up the list and maintaining it. I am glad this topic has come up. It is somewhat difficult to follow multiple emails which usually repeat what has already been said. If it could be done, I'd enthusiastically vote for a forum.
The town that I live in has a social networking forum called Nextdoor Harvard. See https://harvardma.nextdoor.com/about_us/. We have about 6000 residents of which about 2000 have signed up for Nextdoor Harvard. There is no cost to operate the forum and it is very flexible. I get one email a day that summarizes new topics and new replies for that day. (One can select getting new topics as they are posted.) If you reply to a topic, you'll automatically get other replies as they occur. There is a method to control who can be a member. You can browse by topic. There is provision to store documents for download and a classified section. If you are interested, I'll contact Nextdoor to see if they would allow a 'neighborhood' of boat owners. I can also find out from the guy who maintains the forum, what effort is required. Regards, Ron Ronald V. Ricci S/V Patriot C&C 37+ Bristol, RI <mailto:ron.ri...@1968.usna.com> ron.ri...@1968.usna.com _____ List On Mar 13, 2015 5:32 PM, "Stu via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Recently, some of our subscribers have indicated that they would like to have a "Forum" similar to "cruisersforum" or "sailnet" instead of an email list (like this one). PROS: 1. Eliminate the costs related to the email list 2. Follow a thread easier without having to read multiple emails. 3. Easier to find past, archived messages and threads. 4. Possible addition of public and private photo albums. 5. Easily moderated by more than one person. Threads can be deleted and undesirable subscribers blocked. 6. No more 20-30 emails a day. Visit the site at your convenience and view the latest topics since your last visit. CONS: 1. Forum software runs from free to around $250 depending on additional enhancements. 2. Might (???) require additional disk space and bandwidth on hosting site. ($$$$) 3. Installation - I've done it before and it does take some time. And a bit more time involved to get it tweeked to perfection. Bottom line - would you rather have a FORUM or continue using this list? It does not matter to me. Stu _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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