Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Good thoughts Ed.

I feel the same way for the most part, but a private site certainly has
some long term benefits. If we could get the same forum features as the
Yahoo group (plus the additional benefits of a private site), I think
the group would be better served in the future. I'm also concerned that
Yahoo might change their policies in the future (they've done it once
already in the past year).

Vern's forum software is better than Yahoo's and we'd obviously have
more control over membership and content. If we can get email message
delivery/posting then the only real change any group members will have
to make is register on the new site and change the mail address they
send posts to.

As for the inertia aspect, we could always link from the Yahoo site to
Vern's site as part of the welcome message (a previous Yahoo group I
was a member of did this and it worked well).

Just some thoughts on the subject. I'll go wherever the group goes... 

Matt

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:13:19 -0000, liberatusvirus wrote:
>\ufffdHey Vern old pal, 
>\ufffd
>\ufffdYou're not invisible. It's just not possible for one or two or three 
>\ufffdpeople to determine the viability of any particular plan for the 
>\ufffdwhole group. Your offer is generous, and it does speak to certain 
>\ufffddisadvantages of the Yahoo site, but there is a little thing called 
>\ufffdinertia. Inertia isn't always a bad thing; sometimes it's just a 
>\ufffdthing. The group is here now; it functions reasonably well; it's big;
>\ufffdit's familiar; it's pretty secure; it doesn't require much thought to
>\ufffduse; and it has an established, congenial atmosphere.
>\ufffdMobilizing 700 people to change their habits--and not all habits are 
>\ufffdcreated equal--is not a simple task, no matter how obvious the 
>\ufffdbenefits of a change may appear to someone in the abstract.
>\ufffd
>\ufffdThe advertising, the irrelevant posts, and the cheap dates are 
>\ufffdrelatively minor annoyances at this stage of the game, as is the lack
>\ufffdof control over files etc. They, however, could eventually escalate
>\ufffdand upset the comfort balance, as a few people have warned.
>\ufffdBut if Chris Thackston emerges and appoints moderators, a lot of the 
>\ufffdpotential trouble will dissipate.
>\ufffd
>\ufffdI was a little reluctant to post on this subject in this manner, 
>\ufffdbecause I didn't want to appear opposed to your proposal (or anyone 
>\ufffdelse's), because I'm not. I have my concerns about the effects of 
>\ufffdmoving, but, in the end, that's just me. Apart from anything that I 
>\ufffdmay think, there is this thing called inertia, and we have to reckon 
>\ufffdwith it.