On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:41 PM, John Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/6/2010 10:29 PM, Jacob Peddicord wrote: >> >> I find that forums are more far-reaching than mailing lists are, as >> many find them easier to use. Perhaps we should post some of our >> ideas/announcements in the future there as well? > > I agree with Jacob. I do get a number of mailing lists (probably too many > for good management), but with a forum you have "one" web link that contains > lots of postings; > >> I like MLs just as much as the next person here, but I think we may be >> missing out on a bunch of people on the forums. > > vs. the ML that can produce lots of messages that have to be opened (and if > it's a popular topic, the replies could become unmanageable. > > I also agree with the previous message about the IRC, I just can't find the > time to "be there" as my schedule may not fit well with the majority of the > IRC group. And a personal note, I have a hard time following treads when in > a "room". The conversation goes too fast and I get lost when postings I > read are for something said regarding a posting many posts ago. With the > forum, I can go at my speed and with most forums, I can reply right below > the post I was responding to. I feel that I better understand what is going > on and can be more active in the forum (like I am doing right now with an > e-mail). > > I also like the idea of having a chance to have a LoCo meeting in person at > OLF. It's too hard for me to get to the OSU-Panera for the Ubuntu Hours, > but maybe a quarterly gathering of the LoCo for some sort of activity (maybe > lasting a couple of hours or so making the drive worthwhile) would be a good > idea.
Yeah, not a bad idea. Who wants to task that? > > > john > > ---- > Registered Linux User #507182 > Resistered Ubuntu User #31054 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > Yeah, not a bad idea. Who wants to task that? -- #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
