[Rockhounds] New format for the email group

[Rik Dillen]

I'm in favour of Al's reaction : for a forum you have to log in every time, so I'm in favour of sticking to a list as
such.
Postings on an e-mail list just arrive automùatically, and you do something with them or you delete them. The most
simple way.
And BTW, my sincere thanks to the colleagues who are running the list. They do a marvelous job.

Just my 2 (euro-)cents...
Grts,

Rik DILLEN 
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Belgium 
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-----Original Message-----
From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Al Balmer
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 2:30 AM
To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] New format for the email group

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:37:36 -0600, "Joshua Stiff" <jcstiff at gmail.com>
wrote:

>My 2-cents...
>
>It appears as if the rockhounds group has evolved past the point of
>being an email group.  The suggestions posted by some of the more
>prominent members indicate that.  Maybe it would be beneficial if
>information was consolidated and the group moved to something more of
>a web community forum.  Example:

Good grief, no. A mail list with a good mail reader is far superior to
any web forum.

And you can do all the below and still have a mail list. Probably not
with drizzle, but for example the yahoo forums support both web-based
and mail.

>http://www.mindat.org/forum.
>
>The suggestions being made could be easily accommodated by a webpost
>site.  You'd have the full range of search capabilities, FAQ packs,
>links to other sites, and email (once subscribed) to specific topics
>inside the overall group.  You could post pictures/maps, setup a
>profile for yourself, etc.
>
>Via a web-interface, you could also direct people in filling out an
>information form (like what was earlier posted) for identifying
>minerals, and for asking standard questions.
>
>Wouldn't it be cool to have a place where you could post pictures
>along with field trip stories!
>
>Something to keep in mind for the group.  I'm not sure of the cost of
>setting up a web post site as such, but it is amazing what you can do
>for free on the web!
>
>Josh

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Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ

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