[Oa] Would Folks Be Interested In A Forum?

[Jeff Gomes]

Ken-

It was thoughtful and generous of you to offer this, but...

I greatly prefer an email list, just as it currently exists.  I 
archive all my email and can search my archives anytime I need to 
find something in old messages.

Forums require me to remember to visit them, whereas email comes to 
me without any effort on my part.  I see no benefit to changing this 
to a forum.

-Jeff

At 06:17 3/2/2007, Ken & Diane Neely wrote:
>OA Community,
>      Since I am basically new to the OA mailing list I do not currently
>have a feel for how often e-mails are sent around on various topics
>and issues.  In a previous e-mail I mentioned a possible idea of
>establishing a discussion forum.  Such could be used as the main
>staging area for all discussions, leaving the e-mail list for such
>things as a monthly communication or whatever.
>      I need for you to tell me, would you have an interest in using a
>forum in place of e-mail?  Would it be utilized?  I am also involved
>in other paper craft areas (such as paper automata and paper
>modeling), and those areas have discussion forums which work very
>well for the members.  They are central repositories of information,
>and people use them.
>      If sufficient interest is shown then I would be happy to set up an OA
>forum on one of the better free forum sponsering sites (ad based) or
>possibly on one of the lesser expensive paid sites (possibly
>requiring a $1.00 yearly donation from each member).
>      This forum could be used for OA discussions and whatever other paper
>related discussions suit your fancy.  I am also looking into which of
>these sites could also be used as a database repository for patterns
>as well.
>      Just let me know your thoughts, or tell me to keep quiet and stop
>bugging you.
>Thanks.  Ken.
>...