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private forum
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lugnet.org.us.indylug
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Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:48:13 GMT
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IndyLUGgers,
(I know many of you are burnt out from your hare's race to GATS, but since I'm
slow as a turtle, I'll just keep on posting as things come to me.)
It has been requested before that we have an alternate mailing list, mainly as a
back up to LUGnet. I also see a need for non-public group communications, such as
the sharing of addresses and phone numbers. I'm opposed to having two mailing
lists for the same purpose, though. I would want to restrict the alternate list
to exchange private info and as a backup to LUGnet. Eric Smith has before
mentioned the possibility of hosting a listserv. I think there's an
administratively simpler and more feature-rich alternative: Yahoo! Groups. If
your not familiar with it, look here: http://groups.yahoo.com/ . It's free, and
it's as private as we want it to be. There are only two or three drawbacks: you
have to have a Yahoo! ID to access the web features; it's
advertisement-supported; navigating the initial sign-up process is inexcusably
difficult. In its favor: not only does it support a mailing list, but also
file-sharing, contact lists, calendaring with notification, and polls.
What do you all think? Heck, I might set one anyway up just so I don't have to
remember to post a meeting reminder!
-Brian
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: private forum
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| (...) Just as a note, this (using Yahoo groups, or, less commonly, another mailing list provider) is a common, but not universal, practice among LEGO clubs. Some clubs even have multiple mailing lists, with varying levels of privacy. The model of (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org)
| | | Re: private forum
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| I know that a few years ago, Yahoo aquired Geocities. I have a Geocities account, so will that ID work in the Yahoo thing? Another thing we might try is as ancient tradition for keeping track of people that my college friends and I used to use: (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| You could also try SmartGroups at (URL) also free, has most if not all the features of Yahoo!, and you don't need a seperate ID. (I currently host three groups over at Smartgroups, see (URL) as an example) Good Luck! -HRH (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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