Re: [Paddlewise] paddewise ownership

I agree with Dave - FB would be quite cumbersome.  I like Dave's ideas of
how to evolve the whole listserv.

There are also other ways to do this- i.e. having a "Forum" with discussion
topics that you can subscribe to if you want. That way, you only look at
the link to the subjects you are interested in. This works quite well on a
site that I use  (that has nothing to do with paddling- Ornithology
Exchange. http://ornithologyexchange.org/ ) .  That way you do not have a
huge chain of emails with  the cumbersome list of all previous emails. You
just have a sequential list of comments on each topic and you can choose to
comment or not.

If anybody wants, I can find out how to do that.

--- Pat Baird Vancouver BC

23 Nov
ember 2013 00:34, Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote:

> Thanks to Kurt for his efforts these last ten years and welcome back,
> Jackie and Bob!
>
> An email-based moderated listserv with perhaps a dedicated cache on a
> friendly server for photos might be the best way to continue.  Several
> forums use the popular phpBB software with good results, integrating text
> and photos.  Of the three or four in which I have participated, the last
> ten years, West Coast Paddler has been the best run and may be a model for
> where Paddlewise goes.  A critical ingredient is strong, hands on
> moderation by someone, or a few someones.  I know that WCP has a brain
> trust in the background which often discusses editorial decisions before
> they are implemented.  Paddlewise was the fortunate offspring of weak
> editorial management of the old Wavelength listserv, destroyed by the
> sp*ns*n controversy.
>
> Facebook has been suggested as a platform for Paddlewise.  Perhaps for
> photos, but,  please, not for text based debate.  The FB interface for text
> is slow and cumbersome.  With several fine email clients out there, seems
> crazy not to stick with email as the basis for text, with embedded links to
> photos somewhere  common.
>
>
> --
> Dave Kruger
> Astoria, OR
>

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