I actually think the two could serve different purposes - the forum can be more purpose-driven/action-oriented than transient email. It will provide a user-friendly location for much more asynchronous communication.
I'd be in favor of two mediums for two messages, especially under the auspices of Driscoll's month-long experiment. kpd On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:51 AM, D Parker Phinney <[email protected]>wrote: > well, it's not a roadblock yet, in that we haven't really tried to > implement it (we're all having trouble devoting hours to webteam stuff). > What if you gave us 7 days (an arbitrary number) to implement it, and > if we fail, then we'll just install bbpress? > > does that make sense? > > Kevin Driscoll wrote: > > Parker, > > > > Is the forum/listserv transit proving to be a big roadblock? > > > > I have heard from lots of people on and off this listserv about their > > desire for a forum. Perhaps we should risk fragmentation, use bbPress > > (or something similar) for a month, and just see what happens. No harm > > in trying. > > > > We might be able to use some low-tech means for transitioning between > > these spaces. For example, people could subscribe to a periodic digest > > of forum topics and follow up on the ones that catch their attention. > > > > If a script doesn't exist to such a thing, I am happy to write one. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:31 AM, D Parker Phinney <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> we (the webteam) are working on this. our idea was to find some > >> software that could provide a forum front-end to allow people to > >> interact with the existing discuss mailing list. > >> > >> our first idea was to use phpbb with mail2forum. > >> our second was to use fudforum. > >> > >> Christina Ducruet wrote: > >>> Starting a new thread regarding the need for a Students for Free > Culture > >>> forum where we can converse and build knowledge. > >>> > >>> I am a fan of bbPress > >>> > >>> Christina > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> -- > >> D Parker Phinney > >> madebyparker.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- > D Parker Phinney > madebyparker.com > _______________________________________________ > Webteam mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/webteam > -- Kevin Donovan Georgetown '11: SFS 630.849.8285
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