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Very inexpensive, hosting fees are negligible and will certainly get us away from the 1990s in a hurry. On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 9:19 AM Leslie Turek <[email protected]> wrote: > My experience with Google Groups is that you don't need to have a Google > account to send and receive email from a group. To people without Google > accounts, it would seem very much like the current system we have. People > with Google accounts would be able to log into the group to see past > messages. I think it would be fairly easy to switch to Google groups if the > administrators wanted to do so. > > Slack, on the other hand, would be a bigger step for people who are used > to email. Younger people often use it in their workplaces, so are familiar > with it, but for older people there's a bit of a learning curve and I think > switching to it would lose a significant part of our current community. > > Leslie Turek > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 8:21 AM Laura Koller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks, all, for your comments. This appears to be a non-starter, >> especially with the Community Center topic taking over much of the >> discussion at present. I will just add that if we were to use Slack, Google >> Groups or anything similar, I think it would be easy enough to just leave >> it open on one's desktop or other device. To be clear: I don't know who >> "owns" LT, but I greatly appreciate the effort required to run it, >> troubleshoot, etc. Thank you, LT runner(s)! >> >> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:22 PM June L Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Andrew. I agree. I get lots of email from various sources, and it’s >>> convenient to have LT in there with the rest. If I had to log in somewhere >>> else, I just might not do it. But I also agree with the person who >>> complained about the long email threads and the difficulty of figuring out >>> who was replying to whom and on what topic. But this is an issue mainly >>> during a (complicated) discussion, such as the ongoing one on the community >>> center. Although I suppose LT could be improved, I don’t think that it’s >>> really “broken” so let’s not try to fix it. >>> >>> >>> >>> June Matthews >>> >>> Greenridge Lane >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Lincoln <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *ANDREW >>> PANG >>> *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2022 2:09 PM >>> *To:* Jonathan Sheffi <[email protected]>; Laura Koller < >>> [email protected]> >>> *Cc:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [LincolnTalk] Slack instead of Mailman? >>> >>> >>> >>> If using Google Groups or Groups.io requires having a Google account and >>> logging in to that, no thanks. As with Slack, that is an extra step, and >>> an extra place to go to read the LT messages. The beauty of the >>> email-based list is that it's right in with other daily communication. It >>> is so basic that it works for all, whereas I suspect any "other 'modern' >>> group communication platform" may require a subscription, which is a >>> turnoff, regardless if it is free. >>> >>> >>> >>> I know some people are logged in to Google all the time, but not >>> everyone wants to do that. >>> >>> >>> >>> Andrew Pang >>> >>> Brooks Hill Road >>> >>> >>> >>> On 11/14/2022 1:34 PM Jonathan Sheffi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I love Slack. My wife and I have a private Slack server for running our >>> household. But everyone knows how to use email -- I think a lot of folks >>> who aren't used to Slack might struggle to use it, and community engagement >>> would decrease. >>> >>> >>> >>> That said, I definitely agree that the current Mailman infrastructure is >>> badly outdated and we should leave for a better service. I would suggest >>> migrating us from Mailman to either Google Groups or Groups.io. There are >>> migration tools so that we wouldn't lose the archive, plus everything would >>> become searchable and easier to navigate. >>> >>> >>> >>> Who actually runs the infrastructure for LT anyway? 🤔 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 12:31 PM Laura Koller <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Could consideration be made for replacing the LincolnTalk listserv's >>> antiquated format with Slack, or some other "modern" group communication >>> platform? I find that the repetition of content makes these messages >>> unwieldy and quite challenging to read through to find the non-repeated >>> content. Thanks for considering this; any thoughts? >>> -- >>> >>> Laura Koller >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> -- >>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >>> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >>> Browse the archives at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>> Change your subscription settings at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>> >>> -- >>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >>> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >>> Browse the archives at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>> Change your subscription settings at >>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Laura Koller >> [email protected] >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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