Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Wed Mar 25 15:41:09 CDT 2009
OK, I bow before you Oh great founding father of AccessD and Database Advisors ;-) Seems a bit off topic to me but not completely either. Let's let it run for a while and see where it goes. I'd point out that using Gmail I have THREADS on all these conversations by default. Also we specifically don't allow attachments because of the potential of nastiness they can contain. We do need to be open to ideas though. If there is a better and less expensive way to go and people willing to set it up and run it on an ongoing basis, we should have a look. But as you say William, we do have an investment in what we already have and it does work pretty well with relatively little work on anyone EXCEPT BRYAN's part. Let me take this opportunity to say Thank you BRYAN! For all you do. GK On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:18 PM, William Hindman <wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote: > > GK > > 1) I disagree that this is NOT the place to discuss such a plan > ...implementing it is different, but discussing the concept pro & con > certainly does belong here imnsho since it directly impacts every AccessD > user. > > 2) I like getting an e-mail alert whenever there is a new post to the lists > I monitor ...if a forum version notified me of new posts in threads I was > tracking and gave me a link back, then I'd like the idea ...such forum > software does exist but the costs and operational implications need to be > understood and impacted. > > There is a huge amount of volunteer time and donated monies invested in > building and maintaining the current list serve and web site ...a move to a > forum format would require doing a lot of that work all over again ...it was > fairly easy when we first built this list to find skilled volunteers to > carry that load ...I'm not sure it is doable again. > > William > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:53 PM > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Please Help! > >> Hi Mark, >> >> Would that cost more or less than what we have? Who will do the WORK >> to set it up and maintain it? Those are the big two quesitons that >> come to mind. The company that was set up to run this list runs off >> donations. Money is a big barrier. Time is too as the people who do >> the work here are all volunteers doing this on their own time. >> >> The list is NOT the place to discuss this though. You should contact >> the board of directors or the president to present your plan for >> changing the format of AccessD. I'm not sure when the next BOD meeting >> is but our president John Bartow would and he might be the best person >> to present this idea to. >> >> Here is John's direct e-mail address. >> >> john at winhaven.net >> >> GK >> >> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Mark Simms <marksimms at verizon.net> wrote: >>> Instead of email, why can't this list migrate to a web-based forum with >>> threads, attachments, and all of the other features as well ? >>> >> >> -- >> Gary Kjos >> garykjos at gmail.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com