Why not consider setting up a User Forums web based product ? Distinct areas could be created to discuss different issues. Infrastructure, hardware, new installation, Operating Systems, etc.. Software, Labs, Registration, scheduling, etc... How To's... Customizations...
As each area is created, users could subscribe to that specific area. they can avoid getting all of the chatter for topics they have no interest in. the system would still send out notifications of new messages and updates, but the bulk of the discussion would sit in a public (or private/subscriber for some topics) website area to view as a searchable archive. here are a few discussion forums that I think we could model after. http://forums.webhostautomation.com/ http://eudorabb.qualcomm.com/ http://www.dbforums.com/ --- David Sommers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not subscribed to the other VistA newsgroups (VOE), are they > discussing this as well? Is this moving everyone and everything? > > > David Sommers, Architect | Dialog Medical > That is a separate group unrelated to Hardhats. The basic issue here is that Harhats pre-dates WorldVistA and it has always been the plan that it would focus on VistA infrastructure. When WorldVistA came along, the equation shifted somewhat, and thee was a need for a place to discuss application oriented issues, too. However, most of the people that would be interested in the new group/list were already on Harhats, and there has been considerable resistance to trying to split them. (It was even tried once, unsuccessfully.) A further complication is that, as you can see, many or most of the ostensibly application issues discussec on this list are rapidly shown to be infrastructure issues or questions in disguise. But there's something else to consider, too, and that is that there is a (small?) contingent of people on Hardhats that are ONLY interested in infrastructure and who find the remaining discussion distracting. It's a tricky problem. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
