I vastly prefer phpBB, and it's free. having to click on every reply, as you have to on Apexspeed is a PIA. Plus the thing looks very cluttered .. because it is. Don't get me wrong though .. I prefer any forum over the emails. Having said all that, our communication medium isn't nearly as important as the ideas that flow within it.
dan hester wrote: > Hey guys > The vbulletin software to set up the same exact type forum here is > rather inexpensive 160.00 and 30.00 a year after that, that does not > include web hosting thats just the software > Eric allready has the web hosting maybe everyone outa be askin him if > he's open to tranfer this mailing list to the forum board type system, > then people can have thier own profiles pictures etc. > person to person im's messages and other stuff, maybe even a chat > board added so everyone can get together and bs live!!!, If he doesnt > have the time to do all the setup and stuff i would be more than happy > to give him a hand and get it running, I think we all outa ask Eric > first before mentioning the idea of asking some other forum to host a > forum for the f500 group, Eric has supported the F500 team from day > one with web hosting and a lot of effort keeping the list running and > keeping this community connected. what really sucks is having to goto > 3 or 4 different forum boards because a few of the guys post here and > few more post somewhere else and so on > This is the biggest group of F500 racers drivers and fans so why go to > some other site? > I agree the mailing list type communication is outdated but i dont > thing anyone has suggested or even asked if eric is open to the idea > of an upgrade, especially if the group is willing to throw in a few $$ > to pay for it. I would like to see the f500 site expanding with more > pictures, video footage, expanded car information etc, and i can do a > lot of this work too. I think we just need to ask the question. > Dan Hester / waterford > >> From: Stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [F500] Forum vs Mailing List >> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:13:16 -0700 (PDT) >> >> Has anyone thought to ask the ApexSpeed guys if they would offer an >> F500 section? They recently added an FM section, so they aren't >> exactly fixated on any one class. You would have the benefit of being >> able to track the on-going issues in other like-minded classes while >> non-F500 guys could see that you are a thriving community struggling >> with the same issues and are they. If everybody throws in a $10 >> annual donation the financials would covered and no one from here >> would have to go through the steep learning curve to get a forum up >> and running. Just a thought. Stan >> >> edward capullo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I for one would prefer >> the forum setup to free my mailing list. I will come >> back from a weekend away and find as many as 80 or more messages. My >> natural >> curiosity prevents me from just automatically deleting any except >> obvious >> junk items so I lose a lot of time reading the emails. I prefer the nice >> setup that Apex Speed and Sports Racing have where their forums are >> organized by categories. For example on the sports racer site you have >> separate groupings for technical, driving, aerodynamics etc. I don't >> know >> what it costs to run such a forum format but I am a $$ contributor >> to the >> Apexspeed site and would entertain contributing to a F500 site if it >> was on >> the forum format. I certainlyu agree that it would be easier for new >> people >> to call up such a site without having to rely on email type >> operations as >> they do now. >> Capt E. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. >> Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of jwhit.vcf] ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
