[Elecraft] New Elecraft Message Board?

[Thom LaCosta]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Fred (FL) wrote:

> I'm proposing it is way past about time, for Elecraft
> Inc. to create and support an "Elecraft Message Board"
> for all its many customers and fans.  IMHO -
> this REFLECTOR thing - is about 10 years out of date,
> and an antique.

I have experience in mailing lists(reflectors) versus
web based forums.  Both work, and both have their own set
of "customers".

Some folks enjoy email and avoid web-based forums, others
can't live without a forum and don't want the emails.

You can almost make bets that if a mailing list community
is changed to a forum, a number of people will leave, and
turning a forum into email will also loose folks.

Both Yahoo and Google groups offer the community the ability
to choose between email, web based forums or both...with
the distinct advantage that the information posted by the
web forum only community is sent to the email only community
and vice versa.

>
> I create, design and support several websites for
> a few commerical orgs, and this kind of change for
> the better - is just that.  It comes with the
> internet territory.  The REFLECTOR thing - is
> something from the past.

So is cw....yet many of us still use it.

I hope that Elecraft does NOT take your suggestion to
eliminate the email list and change it to a web-based
forum...I would hope that in time they accomodate both
venues where each of us can hove our own favored venue
and not impose that upong others, which would be the
end result of your proposal


Thom,EIEIO
Email, Internet, Electronic Information Officer
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