well, it's not a roadblock yet, in that we haven't really tried to implement it (we're all having trouble devoting hours to webteam stuff). What if you gave us 7 days (an arbitrary number) to implement it, and if we fail, then we'll just install bbpress?
does that make sense? Kevin Driscoll wrote: > Parker, > > Is the forum/listserv transit proving to be a big roadblock? > > I have heard from lots of people on and off this listserv about their > desire for a forum. Perhaps we should risk fragmentation, use bbPress > (or something similar) for a month, and just see what happens. No harm > in trying. > > We might be able to use some low-tech means for transitioning between > these spaces. For example, people could subscribe to a periodic digest > of forum topics and follow up on the ones that catch their attention. > > If a script doesn't exist to such a thing, I am happy to write one. > > Kevin > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:31 AM, D Parker Phinney <[email protected]> wrote: >> we (the webteam) are working on this. our idea was to find some >> software that could provide a forum front-end to allow people to >> interact with the existing discuss mailing list. >> >> our first idea was to use phpbb with mail2forum. >> our second was to use fudforum. >> >> Christina Ducruet wrote: >>> Starting a new thread regarding the need for a Students for Free Culture >>> forum where we can converse and build knowledge. >>> >>> I am a fan of bbPress >>> >>> Christina >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> -- >> D Parker Phinney >> madebyparker.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- D Parker Phinney madebyparker.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
