Nev, I may not like it but if that happens, I will stay with all my friends. I tried a forum and am signed up to two of them. I just don't participate because I just don't know how to navigate them. For you young guys with computer knowledge , it may be fine. For this old toot that had his learning with pencil and paper, it is hard to learn new ways I guess. I will check some of the ones you have listed below and see if I can navigate them. Wish you were making the Sowbug, maybe some day. Tony
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@shaw.ca> wrote: From: Neville Gosling <nev.gosl...@shaw.ca> Subject: [VFB] Then & Now -Suggestion response To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 6:21 PM Hi Tony: This was David Colyn's response to my original "Then & Now" Well said Nev. Have any solution to the well defined problem?? I sure dont............. .........and so I anwered him by saying what I believe and that is that forums (or bulletin boards if you like the word better) seem to have greater following than e-mail lists. I suggested TRYING forum style. I expected resistance, because people resist change because it is not comfortable. I doubt that many VFB members have really looked at the forum pages that I listed previously. If you go to this forum http://forum.flybc.ca/ you will come to a page of subjects or topics - In this case, fly tying is fourth from the top. If one clicks on that, your come to a page with a huge variety of more specific topics and just choose what takes your interest. http://forum.flybc.ca/index.php?showforum=13 another good example can be found below http://speypages.com/speyclave/showthread.php?t=38433 now scroll down just a little and you will com to a black screen entitled SPTV (Spey Pages TV) click on the arrow in the middle of the screen, turn on your speakers and watch a superb video on wader safety from Simms. The point I am trying (not very successfully) to make is that these modern forums are what today's younger anglers look for because the are far more versatile than an e-mail list and can show videos and photos with no problem. Tony, you and I are friends athough we have never met in person. I have a great deal of respect for you and for some of the other long time members. However, to quote your words.......... "Like you, I just don't think a forum will be a good thing. I for one just can't handle it." I believe that you could handle a forum if you wanted to, but the key is wanting to. I like the e-mail list format but it is outdated and not as versatile as other methods. The forum is not as intimate as an e-mail list. Perhaps Google Wave or something like it will eventually replace e-mail. Just my 2 cent worth. Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, B.C. Canada -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
