Forum Administrator Wrote =>> Please answer the following questions in the "Answer" section which follows below. If you wish to make detailed comments, please do so following the last answer.
Questions: 1. Would you join a moderated forum? 2. If you joined and liked the moderated forum, would you remain a member of the [PEDA] forum? 3. Would you be interested in volunteering as a moderator for the new forum? 4. If membership required a paid subscription, how much would the service be worth to you? Thanks for you opinion and suggestions, Forum Administrator Association of Protel EDA Users [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers ================================== John A. Ross Wrote=>> Answers: 1. Would you join a moderated forum? ==> Yes 2. If you joined and liked the moderated forum, would you remain a member of the [PEDA] forum? ==> If it had something to offer yes, if it does not, then unsubscribe is easy. 3. Would you be interested in volunteering as a moderator for the new forum? ==> Possibly, depending on what 'rules of moderation' you wish to impose on the users and if it prevents completely open or free discussion. 4. If membership required a paid subscription, how much would the service be worth to you? ==> From a previous post I already said I get more from Protels users, than I get directly from Protel support. ==> Would I pay for USER support then NO, or not a lot anyway. ++> I do not believe an open user support group should be a commercial venture, or profit making, too many other options to host this service for free, mail list, news group or otherwise. ==> As a matter of principle, I PAY PROTEL & VARS for support, so does every other user in one way or another, if a free & open support forum is not available, then I will need to push the VAR for more support. Which may or may not include, as JaMi mentioned before, threat of using consumer protection laws to get the point across (fit for purpose, perform as advertised, all features as advertised at point of sale etc) The Techserv list has been an absolutely fantastic service, and very well done. If server load is the problem, I can help to move the list to one of mine. The forum Admin can contact me directly. I would not change the list format or moderate it. If time is the bigger problem, then I wish Altium would look at options to do it themselves, or pay Techservs' costs directly & deduct it from their VARS support or marketing budget. If there is another agenda that we are not aware of, such as the rumblings I made about moving the forum anyway, then please let us know. Best Regards John A. Ross RSD Communications Ltd 8 BorrowMeadow Road, Springkerse Industrial Estate Stirling, Scotland FK7 7UW Tel (Office) +44 [0]1786 450572 Ext 225 Tel ( Lab ) +44 [0]1786 450572 Ext 248 Fax +44 [0]1786 474653 GSM +44 [0]7831 373727 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW http://www.rsd.tv ========================================== ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 4BBF298FFFD04B43AE60A03A04D7FAFE645DA256 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
