[AccessD] Svar: What to do? (was: Just Another Old Boys Club)

The Ex-Admins from Windows Secrets Lounge, nee Woody's Lounge, did that and
created Eileen's Lounge.  It runs on a host in the UK, the PPHbb is
maintained from New Jersey, and most of the admin/moderation is done by 4
guys in the UK (2), Australia (1), and the Netherlands (1 with 12
fingers!). I'm a gray emminence there these days, but I drop in
occassionally.

But seriously, moving to Facebook or Google Plus or some other social
network, or to WordPress, would be a viable alternative for a broader
spectrum list without the heavy duty overhead.  It would still involve a
certain amount of admin and moderation, but that could be handled using the
available tools in the host format.  It might be a way to get a search
function that actually finds stuff too!  There would have to be a plan to
manage downloads (and moderation and limits on uploads), but if it were
sharing problems we've solved, or neat tricks with demos, etc., I think it
would attract some of the people who enjoy dragging colored rectangles
around on their tablets as well as mossybacks like us.  Have you tried to
find help on Access lately?  I'm glad I still have my library to fall back
on.

Charlotte
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Gustav:
>
> I have been thinking of that for some time and made a number of related
> proposals a few years back but nothing proceeded from there. It may be the
> time to move forward though such an event would take a fair commitment.
>
> We do have enough expertise here to put something in place.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:14 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [AccessD] Svar: What to do? (was: Just Another Old Boys Club)
>
> Hi all
>
> The "No messages for 2 days" post reminded me of this thread 2 years ago.
> Since then nothing has changed.
>
> The main issue I see, is that mail lists are quite bad at attracting new
> members. You cannot just drop in and see what's going on, nor can you
> attach
> screenshots or code files, you can't even link to a message except if you
> are able to find it in the archive.
>
> The forum-style seems to me to be answer though I'm aware of the weak
> sides.
> First of all some moderator time to keep spam and trolls out. Also the cost
> to run it which forces some to include adds.
>
> However, except for these thoughts, I have no "solution".
> What do you think?
>
> /gustav
>
>
>