RE: [registrars] "Registered Representative" defined; RC Mailing list access to be limited.

["Nicrelations" <nicrelations@xxxxxxxxx>]

I totally agree with Ross: having yet another place to access and keep an eye on is just not an option.

I am not totally sure what software this mailing list uses, but I run a few ml with Mailman and they all come with pretty ordered and easy to search archives of all emails sent. I used to use EZMLM before, which although less powerful than Mailman it still has some archiving capability too.

So if the purpose of putting up a forum is to be able to search and check the old messages sent, then we would be probably better off adding this functionality to the existing mailing list, either by patching the existing software of switching to Mailman which comes with all these features already built in. Since we are shifting towards a member-only ml and some maintenance is planned for the ml anyway, I would rather go for this than put up a forum.

Best Regards
Francesco Cetraro
Ascio Technologies inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ross Rader
Sent: 15. januar 2008 15:49
To: Rob Hall
Cc: Thomas Keller; Registrars Constituency
Subject: Re: [registrars] "Registered Representative" defined; RC
Mailing list access to be limited.



On 14-Jan-08, at 2:54 PM, Rob Hall wrote:

> That is why I first proposed a members only mailing list at the San  
> Juan
> meeting, at which Dan Warner of Fabulous suggested upgrading to a  
> forum
> type list, and then he went out and volunteered to set it all up,  
> which
> is now done.  Dan did a great job getting the basic forum setup and
> operational, and Godaddy is hosting it at no charge for the
> constituency.  Thank you to both of them for that.  It would be fairly
> easy to put a front end website at that hosting account too, in  
> front of
> the forum, for other constituency business.


Except now we have another place to go and check stuff - another  
userid, etc.

I don't think I'll be participating in the forums. This isn't a knock  
against anyone that wants to go in this direction, but I rarely use  
the web for communications with other people and most of my workflow  
is built up around email and RSS. The last thing I need is another  
username, password and URL to remember.

Sorry guys, but this really doesn't work for me. If this is the  
direction that we're moving in, great - but I really don't think that  
I'll be able to play along if it is...

The easiest way to get a member only mailing list is to delete all the  
non-member subscribers from this mailing list. While I appreciate the  
energy that went into the forums, I really see it as a poor re- 
invention of the wheel.

Ross Rader
Director, Retail Services
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c. 416.828.8783
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