[SIPForum-discussion] The SIP Forum Bulletin Board Project

[Dan York]

Marc,

Thanks for your update and I'm glad you are exploring options for  
communication.
> > We feel this will cure much of what currently ails our email- 
> based approach, in that a bulletin board will provide the means to  
> not only offer threads that will appeal directly to the varied  
> interests of the community, but will also allow users to create new  
> threads as new information needs arise.
DY> Personally, I think what "ails" the email-based approach is that  
there is a lack of clarity around what this email list is for.  When  
you sign up for SIP Forum membership, you are encouraged to join this  
mailing list to stay in touch with SIP Forum members.  I did - and  
found I was in a list for general questions about SIP, often by folks  
new to the protocol.

DY> I think that particular issue could be solved by simply having a  
"members at sipforum.org" mailing list that was set up for the express  
reason of allowing people to communicate with each other on *SIP  
Forum* matters.  Yes, there are the Marketing and Technical Working  
Groups, but there's no place to really communicate with all members.

DY> While I'm a fan of bulletin boards for many reasons (easily  
searchable, SEO through Google, etc.) I have to admit that they don't  
work really well for me personally.  I don't have time to visit  
websites.  I need the information *pushed* to me somehow.  Email,  
with all its limitations, works well in this regard.

DY> So please consider this my request that if you do go the bulletin  
board route, please consider some way for those of us who would  
prefer to interact via email to be able to do so.

DY> Actually, on that note... this is exactly what Google Groups  
do... have you considered using one of those instead?  It lets people  
participate through either the web interface or the email interface  
and people see all messages regardless of which interface they use.

My 2 cents,
Dan

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