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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