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Date:         Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:21:28 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
Comments: To: B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <6476E379C86149D0A5BA98D54749907A@cspfr2>
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I gotta agree w/ Bryan- I peruse the samba vanagon link when I've got time, but it is not as simultaneous/instant gratification oriented as this forum is, & thus the samba appeals to those folks who are more disciplined in their time wasting, I mean reading?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

On Aug 25, 2008, at 4:01 PM, B Feddish wrote:

> I think this already exists on The Samba the FMBC so anybody who is > interested in such a forum has moved onward to these. Those of us > who like > getting and email as opposed to opening a browser, loading a page, > clicking > on links to get where you want, etc. would prefer to keep this as > an email > list. There are still advantages of an email list, one being that > urgent > things drop right into everyone's mailbox immediately. If someone > says, > "Help, I need to identify a part and I'm on the side of the road in > East BF > Virginia" the entire list will get the email right away. I find > this better > than having to load a web page and perusing the to "Stuck on the > side of the > road" forum. > > Plus many of us are grumpy old men that don't like change. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On > Behalf Of > Syncronicity1 > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:36 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Who is the Manager of this list? > > To elaborate a bit, one of the biggest values of the forum is to > create > categories, so that people can choose what they want to read, > rather than > having everything presented to them in email. For example: > > - engine > - drive train > - suspension > - brakes > - trans: manual > - trans: auto > - electrical > - body > - wheels > - accessories > - westys: kitchen equipment > - westys: pop-top and body > - camping > - trips > - green (alt. fuel) > - diesels > - friday follies > - DIY > - non-Vanagon subjects > > Heck, we can use the categories already in place elsewhere like at > BTDT. > Most forum SW has a "show new" feature so that people can read > chronologically just like emails. And I have had my vanagon.com > email on > gmail for some time now, it helps a great deal, but still doesn't > make it as > good as a forum. > > Roland


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