Thankfully, for many people I guess, I don't log into or post on 
ApexSpeed. If our site was there I would though. I wonder why they 
default to the worst possible view of the site? Trying to drive 
potential users away?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>if you are having to click on everything, be sure you are logged into the apex
>site.  If you are not logged in, it really is a PITA to use.  There area
>several ways to view the messages, including just a running reponse.
>
>What
>about just being part of apexspeed?
>
>Don't worry though, we still love you
>Eric...
>
>jim
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: John Whitling
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007
>12:51:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [F500] Forum vs Mailing List
>
>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
>>    
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>type communication is outdated but i dont 
>  
>
>>thing anyone has suggested or
>>    
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>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
>>    
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>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
>>    
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>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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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