--- Hans Fugal wrote:
> I for one would never know about them in that case. I don't and won't
> follow any forums.
Equally, there are those who don't and won't follow any mailing lists :)
I think I may guilty of mixing up the message and the delivery mechanism here.
The main point is that there should be a location which will easily allow people
to:
- Post information about upcoming events.
- Sign up for and ask questions about those events ahead of time.
I don't feel that the -user or -devel list is the place as the events may be
some
months in the future.
Neither is the main FG website, as Curt doesn't have the bandwidth to
continually
update it.
The Forums seem a fairly good place, and are quite popular with newcomers to FG.
You don't need to log on to view the posts, so an announcement to the -user list
with a link direct to the post would hopefully pass muster. If you were to screw
up your eyes, you could pretend that it was a static web page ;)
The wiki would be an alternative, but it isn't as easy for people to ask
questions on a forum.
I expect that in reality, more organizers will want to advertize events as
widely
as possible - to the forums and the -user list. Maybe the answer is for the
events to be posted to the wiki so they can be linked to?
I think an additional category on the Forums would be a good idea even if people
post information to a wiki and simply use it as an announcement board. It would
probably galvanize new people to try setting up their own events, and it
wouldn't
clog up the General Help board any more than it is already.
-Stuart
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