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Hi Adam,<br>
<br>
Actually I had suggested a YahooGroup because I was familiar with
YahooGroups. However, Keven <br>
had mentioned the GoogleGroups and when I tried it out it seemed
fairly similar, perhaps a little more <br>
functionality. Either way I don't think we can go wrong and it
probably isn't worth the time or trouble<br>
to worry about it too much. <br>
<br>
I believe Paul wanted to discontinue the FVC Waterloo Region
Discussion group because WPIRG<br>
is paying for it and he didn't want to maintain any longer. These
various Yahoo/Google groups<br>
have done a very good job of the email part so it should be an easy
transition. I haven't looked into<br>
a replacement Wiki but I didn't know if Paul wanted to close down the
Wiki too.<br>
<br>
Certainly cohesion is important but I'm not sure where you're
seeing a problem unless it is with the<br>
transition to the new group.<br>
<br>
Some nice features of the new email group are that its web
interface allows the user to modify their<br>
account fairly easily, we can store files and pictures, and we can read
the email messages on the<br>
web page of the group (if we wish) rather then sorting them on our own
machines. Google also takes<br>
care of all the maintenance and administration and costs. We just have
to use it.<br>
<br>
Take care,<br>
/Alan<br>
<br>
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Thanks for putting in the effort to do that Alan. I appreciate that you want
to help so please don't take this as critism. What is the benefit of a
Google Group over the current mailing list software?
I think we need to make a decision as a group as to how we will stay connected
in future. I believe a Yahoo group was also suggested. Let's look at what
we like and don't like about our current setup (mailing list + wiki). Then
we can decide if we more or different means of communication and
organization.
I'm a bit concerned (due to experience with other online groups) that if we
start having multiple places for communicating, we will all just get confused
and miss out on important information.
Personally, I'm happy with the software we're using right now, but I'm willing
to discuss alternatives.
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