REFLECTOR: Reflector Modernization

[Milton Mersky]

aint nothin broke    leave it alone
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: steve korney 
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:58 PM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Reflector Modernization


  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.....

  Best... Steve

  > Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:04:18 -0500
  > From: michalk at awpi.com
  > To: reflector at tvbf.org
  > Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Reflector Modernization
  > 
  > If the group decides to move the reflector, I strongly suggest that 
  > "tvbf.org" go with it, and be maintained by the new administrator.
  > 
  > I registered the domain with the intent of reducing churn on all the 
  > members, bookmarks, filters, etc. that people have established over the 
  > years. I also insist that the forum remain free of advertisements and 
  > stay true to the charter established by the members.
  > 
  > 
  > Richard J. Gentil wrote:
  > > With all the talk about the great job Brett has done with VelocityXL I 
  > > have been wondering why the group has not switched from email to a 
  > > forum? (I have been meaning to mention this for ages now and this seems 
  > > to be the perfect opportunity to bring it up.)
  > >
  > > I have been running phpBB (as an example) for just under 8 years now and 
  > > it is a great way for a community to keep in touch and it is a fantastic 
  > > way to build a helpful database for builders, not to mention tracking 
  > > the progress of any thread. What Brett did was take every reflector 
  > > email and load then into the forums. (I assume he is using the .crontab 
  > > to do this automatically.) We should do the opposite.
  > >
  > > For people wanting to see emails, a compromise would be for the forms to 
  > > send out each post as an email to the people who select the option. The 
  > > only issue would be that someone wanting to reply would have to post in 
  > > the forums. (But there could still be ways around that.)
  > >
  > > Some of the other benefits would be the option to post large pictures in 
  > > the forums and not be limited to the postage stamp size pics we have now.
  > >
  > > Richard
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