>>> really “broken” so let’s not try to fix it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> June Matthews
>>>
>>> Greenridge Lane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Lincoln *On Behalf Of *ANDREW
>>> PANG
>>> *Sent
; *From:* Lincoln *On Behalf Of *ANDREW
>> PANG
>> *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2022 2:09 PM
>> *To:* Jonathan Sheffi ; Laura Koller <
>> laura.kol...@gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* lincoln@lincolntalk.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [LincolnTalk] Slack instead of Mailman?
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> *From:* Lincoln *On Behalf Of *ANDREW
> PANG
> *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2022 2:09 PM
> *To:* Jonathan Sheffi ; Laura Koller <
> laura.kol...@gmail.com>
> *Cc:* lincoln@lincolntalk.org
> *Subject:* Re: [LincolnTalk] Slack instead of Mailman?
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Let us not let the perfect get in the way of the good enough.
LT has served us for the past years and appears to be good enough for us to
swap goods, info, services, and political ideas.
Let’s stay the course…it seems good enough to get us where we need to go.
Sara
--
Sara Mattes
> On
I would personally prefer using a more “modern” platform such as Google groups,
Slack, Facebook groups, etc..
However, one must also recognize that the strength of LincolnTalk - and the
reason why it has been so successful in our little town - is its simplicity.
Yes, it is frustrating,
From: Lincoln On Behalf Of ANDREW PANG
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2022 2:09 PM
To: Jonathan Sheffi ; Laura Koller
Cc: lincoln@lincolntalk.org
Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Slack instead of Mailman?
If using Google Groups or Groups.io requires having a Google account and
logging
If using Google Groups or Groups.io requires having a Google account and
logging in to that, no thanks. As with Slack, that is an extra step, and an
extra place to go to read the LT messages. The beauty of the email-based list
is that it's right in with other daily communication. It is so
I am just grateful to our VOLUNTEER listserve moderators for using whatever
system is most convenient to them! (Spoke by someone who uses Slack at work and
really does not like it because it doesn’t interface with email, so you have to
open the Slack program separately to find any messages -
I love Slack. My wife and I have a private Slack server for running our
household. But everyone knows how to use email -- I think a lot of folks
who aren't used to Slack might struggle to use it, and community engagement
would decrease.
That said, I definitely agree that the current Mailman
We are a very small town (around 5000 without Hanscom) and I am
appreciative of having this community service on line. What firs s really
small town might not fit a larger suburb/town.
And I appreciate so much the volunteers who moderate it.
And I think discussions of issues good, especially
Could consideration be made for replacing the LincolnTalk listserv's
antiquated format with Slack, or some other "modern" group communication
platform? I find that the repetition of content makes these messages
unwieldy and quite challenging to read through to find the non-repeated
content. Thanks
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