As someone who once volunteered for as a moderator of this forum, let me be the first to say thank you to Tim Erickson. It takes a great deal of commitment and optimism to build an online communications space like this, and I think Tim has done a tremendous job. The new software looks like a great upgrade, so I encourage everyone to follow the instructors and move on over.
Again, many thanks to Tim for his energy. Welcome to Michelle in her new role, which I hope will be a bit easier with the auto-post-limit-enforcement! Steve Boland Selby/Dale --- Forum Manager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear SPIF Participants: > > As of this Friday, I hope to close the existing St. Paul Issues Forum. > > We will reopen on Tuesday or Wednesday of the following week, using > new software and with a new forum manager. > > Yes, I'll be stepping down from the position of list manager to focus > my energy on other projects. I'll still be involved with St. Paul > E-Democracy, but the focus of my work will shift towards launching > new E-Democracy projects in other cities, states, and even countries. > I'll post more about this later in the week. > > Michelle Fure (formerly know to some of you as Michelle Kibiger) will > be taking over as temporary forum manager. She has left open the > possibility of remaining in the position long term. > > The other big change will be our new software. We will be moving to > an opensource software product called Groupserver. E-Democracy.Org > has been using Groupserver to host our new Issues Forums in the UK > for about 2 months now. We think its ready for "prime time." > > Some of the noticeable improvements you can expect with Groupserver: > > 1) 2 Posts per day will be automatically enforced > It will be impossible to post 3 times in a day. > (No more temptation). > 2) Participant profiles on the web site (voluntary). > 3) Links in every post to the posters online profile. > 4) Links in every post to the archive of that > topic or discussion. > 5) Ability to post via the web. > 6) Easier to read archive - organized by topic. > 7) And more.......... > > For a number of technical reasons, we will be asking participants to > move themselves to the new software (I'll be available to provide > online or telephone support to those who need it). > > Instructions on making the switch will follow in a separate email > > Best wishes, > > > -- > Tim Erickson > Forum Manager > St. Paul Issues Forum > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > Hamline Midway Resident > 651-246-5045 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > St. Paul Links - http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/links.html > > "The St. Paul Issues Forum is a interactive e-mail discussion on > important issues about St. Paul public policy. Participation is free > and open to anyone. We currently have about 425 concerned citizens > and community leaders subscribed to our discussion." > ------------------------------------------------- > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- > POST MESSAGES HERE: stpaul@mnforum.org > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: stpaul@mnforum.org To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
