> -----Original Message----- > From: John Somers [mailto:somers_at_utmbrt.utmb.edu] > > Dave, I second this idea. Some previously discussed questions do keep > resurfacing, especially as new people join Paddlewise. > Archives of threads > might be especially helpful if they could be set up on the webpage. > For some time now I have saved some of the thread messages > to folders on > my e-mail desktop (examples--Navigation, Paddling Safety, Gear, Boats, > etc.). I could drop those back into an archiving system, and > probably some > other folks could do likewise. > Does anyone have a good approach to setting this up > without putting a > maintenance burden on someone? > > John Somers I know that Jackie (our wonderful listmom) had been doing something similar to this with some thread topics (see http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/) but she stopped at some point in time. I can see how the process could be difficult - do you archive by general topic (as John indicates that he does) or by actual thread topic. How does one decide which comments merit archiving and which are little more than drivel? (I'm an expert driveller myself<g>) And if nothing else, I'm sure that the process could chew up a considerable amount of time (although I think in these winter months some of us have entirely too much time on our hands and not enough on the water). One of the great things so far about Paddlewise is its very loose, informal and friendly atmosphere and structure - maybe doing something like this would be detrimental to the very environment that the Paddlewisenheimers have created. Don't know the answer - hope I haven't opened Pandora's box. Dave (remembering the two old lessons - "Never Volunteer" & "Don't ask questions for which you do not have the answer")<vbg> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 25 1999 - 13:39:03 PST
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