Hey there - thanks for the welcome ;-) I'd tend to agree with you. It'd be great if the mailing list stuff could get shunted to a forum too. I know a couple of LUG's that do that.
I suppose it's all pretty dependent on who you want to attract to a discussion. After reading that you'd had this discussion a few times, I thought about why there might be a split in opinion. Perhaps the reason for dismissing the idea of forums, is to make discussion less accessible to the 'average joe' - who isn't interested in pursuing communication through a mailing list. I guess that by making it a little more difficult to get involved in the conversation, a lot of the 'background noise' is cut out keeping the discussion focused and intelligent and you're more likely to make sure what you've typed is reasonably well thought out before you send it, when you know you can't edit it afterwards! Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/