[HPFGU-Feedback] Two True Confessions, Too Big for Our Britches, and To be Continued...

[Saitaina]

Risti wrote:

<I think it's time to consider the idea
of moving to a messageboard/web forum type of
structure.>

One of the ideas I'm going to try to push among the Admin Team is a move to
SmartGroups which not only supports a lot of features we need, it has a threaded
form of listing messages that gives you the subject and tells you how many posts
are in that thread. Click on it and you have access to the messages only in that
thread.  It also of course does individual emails.

<of
normal usage is approving moderated posts, taking
members off moderated status(or back on when needed),
deleting innappropriate posts, and the setting up and
interaction between list elves and newbies.>

Approval and rejection of pending messages (with around 50-100 pendings total a
day), elfing every newbie that comes in, reading the list every day (every
message), interaction with list members for any giiven subject.

Not to mention the shee fact of keeping a list this size running by putting out
fires, dealing with tech stuff, dealing with list member issues, dealing with
howlering/elfing issues, making decisions for the future of the list...

<A messageboard, while I've never been
involved in administrating one, I can only imagine
takes more effort,(or maybe it doesn't, correct me if
I'm wrong).  >

Actually takes less effor after initial set up unless you have people deleting
threads randomly...

<Thirdly, it's free.  No money involved.  Definately a
major perk.>

Debatable knowing Yahoo!.

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