I don't care what the platform is - as long as I can get posts in my 
email or rss feed I'm happy.  What I don't want is to have to check a 
website regularly on the off chance someone has posted something - it 
has to be 'in my face' or I won't have the time to get involved :)

Chris

dandantheitman wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/06/06, aLT WiZard <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:altwizzy%40gmail.com>> wrote
>  >
> I agree, Forum would be much better - http://simplemachines.org 
> <http://simplemachines.org> has a
> nice feature filled, yet fast Forum script called SMF , I have some
> hosting space and bandwith too.
>  >
>  > On 6/9/06, Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:chas3r%40yahoo.com>> wrote:
>  > > > A forum may be more interesting.
>  > > > We can use opensource yabb or phbb bulettin board softwares.and
>  > > hosted on a linux server.
> 
>  > > > Had this idea discussed few times back and some people offered
>  > > server space and bandwidth.As this is a small gorup ,I think 
> implementation won't
>  > > take much bandwidth and server space.
> 
>  > >
>  > > I suggested this a few months ago. But some of us didn't agree because
>  > > they will lose track of the postings.
> 
> If you trawl back through the logs of the mailing list you shall see
> that this discussion comes up time and time again, and always ends in
> failure. The majority of the lug is indifferent as to whether we move
> to a forum or not, but there are a few that are quite happy with it as
> is. Now although the lug has over 450 people, I doubt that there are
> any more than 50 active participants.
> 
> Rather than discussing it in the lug, how about we just do it! Lets
> hold an open table discussion and choose a location and make the
> decision. If we are all in favour then lets just start a forum in
> addition to the lug, and post / discuss on both. See where it leads.
> 
> If we need to contribute money to get the ball rolling then so be it,
> I have no issue with throwing some cash at it.
> 
> daN
> 
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> deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin 1706 - 1790
> 
> 

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