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[Leslie Moyer <unschooler@lrec.org>]

I think the forum will die a natural death.  I would suggest that anyone who 
wants to stay here and talk just stay here and talk. Unless the board votes 
to completely kill this list (which I haven't heard anyone say yet), then I 
think this issue will take care of itself.

I think that Pomona switched too quickly to the online version before the 
editor and/or webmaster had the kinks worked out.  The first 2 or 3 issues 
were IMPOSSIBLY annoying to access and I think it gave many people a very bad 
impression of an already-contentious issue.  However, with this summer 2011 
issue, it is finally available as ONE pdf file and can be downloaded more 
quickly, read more easily and printed out fairly easily.  Personally, I still 
don't like some things about it (the fact that I have to go to the website 
and log in to get it), but I'm willing to live with that.  I don't think it's 
unreasonable, however, to offer a "printed membership" to those who would 
rather receive a paper copy.  "Growing For Market" and other magazines do 
this.

I'm appreciative of the volunteers working on these issues. It's a sign of 
how important this group is to people that our emotions run high about it!

Leslie Moyer



On Aug 10, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Betty Mayfield wrote:

> To the list,
> 
> I have gone through my files and find discussion in the summer of 
> 2009 about the formation of a forum but no announcement that one was formed.
> 
> There was discussion last December (2010) about whether Pomona should 
> be changed to online. It was said that printing the copy would be too 
> expensive and cause NAFEX to go broke, but no breakdown of expenses was 
> given.
> 
> In July 2011 there was an announcement that Pomona was going online 
> but no indication as to whether this was a substitution for the 
> printed copy or an addition to it.
> 
> I prefer to read the printed copy stretched out on the couch with my 
> cat in my lap.
> 
> Betty Mayfield
> northwest Oregon
> 
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