>From the point of new users I can definitely see how a forum would be helpfull. They would also help with traceabliity - its easy to loose something amongst the mailing list archives.<br><br>Maybe it would fragment the discussions too much though?
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">SteveC</b> <<a href="mailto:steve@asklater.com">steve@asklater.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
* @ 04/04/06 12:04:54 PM <a href="mailto:rolymo@gmail.com">rolymo@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>> Hi all.<br>><br>> Having had a positive response for my requests for help, I'd like to<br>> see if there is something I can do to contribute.
<br>><br>> I can see that the talk email list works very well for established OSM<br>> contributors, but I'd suggest its relatively hard for a newcomer to<br>> break into. I put it to SteveC that maybe an OSM web forum would be a
<br>> worthwhile alternative; he suggested I post to the talk list.<br>><br>> If a forum is something you would find useful, I would like to offer<br>> my services to set it up. I am not likely to be of much help with
<br>> coding the mapping software, but content management (including forum<br>> configuration and administration) is something I can do.<br>><br>> (For those who may be interested in the choice of forum, I compared a
<br>> couple of open-source systems I like on my little family website.<br>> phpBB is the obvious forum choice but depending on needs, Xoops might<br>> be a better option for OSM. <a href="http://www.levertons.net/cms/node/22">
http://www.levertons.net/cms/node/22</a> )<br>><br>> If the result of this discussion is to retain the email system, I respect that.<br><br>I don't think we'd lose the mailing lists, it's a question of whether<br>forums would be a help on top of that.
<br><br>have fun,<br><br>SteveC <a href="mailto:steve@asklater.com">steve@asklater.com</a> <a href="http://www.asklater.com/steve/">http://www.asklater.com/steve/</a><br><br>_______________________________________________
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