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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>
  • To: nafex ibiblio mailing list <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex ibiblio list] NAFEX fora
  • Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:55:44 -0500

On 12/20/2011 6:47 PM, Chris Garriss wrote:


Over time this list has "evolved". The majority of the list
members - including some of the most frequently posting ones that offer a
tremendous amount of help may not be members of the North American Fruit
Explorers. Eliminating them from the list would be an ill conceived move
- and might well push people away from joining the organization.

Very true.

In addition to the web site and forums the organization has created, they
could set up a more "user friendly" list in addition to the forums. And

I explained how they could do that, by paying for webhosting that offers Mailman lists. They could then, subscribers willing, copy the entire message archives from this list, month by month and incorporate them into their new list's archives. They are simple Unix mail text files - have a unique header-message separator preceeding each concatenated message. They would have then what we have here and could make it private, members only. An alternative would be to run forum software that offers bidirectional email access to eliminate website logins for use. It might be a job incorporating this list's archives into one of those though. The whole thing being private would preclude any Google searching. Nafex should use this list to best advantage and there are many ways that can be accomplished. I am willing to put in the time to promote NAFEX full tilt to help increase membership, financial stability and global visibility.

it could be a closed list. But, I don't think, from what I've heard off
and on the list, that a majority of the users here would move.

No reason to but its apples and oranges; their forum and associated resources stand on their own merit and provide benefits to members.

This list is a rare thing and a great resource for everyone.

The openness of this list is one of the major reasons it is as dynamic as
it is. Look around, there is a widespread, not universal, move towards
open community and communication.

I agree.

LL




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