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1

I've been fiddling in the background with a Sailwave Forums page on the web
site, as suggested by somebody a while ago. If you're interested it can
previewed at http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi. It's powered
by the free Ikonboard scripts. I'm not sure it's worth putting on-line
though - I like the email format of this group, but am aware that others may
prefer the non-invasiveness of a forum and that in fact this is the SUG and
I'm a guest, so I should set something up of my own. Any thoughts?

Regards,
Colin

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Hi Colin:

I like the forum format, keeps the dialogue online for all to see and follow
at their own pace.
What I don't like about forums is that I forget to check them out
periodically.

E mails are ok, but sometimes I don't check my e mails every day, when I do
they've piled up to a very annoying amount.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Jenkins [mailto:colin.jenkins@match-it.com]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:41 AM
To: Sailwave User Group
Subject: [sailwave] Forums

I've been fiddling in the background with a Sailwave Forums page on the
web site, as suggested by somebody a while ago. If you're interested it
can previewed at http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi. It's
powered by the free Ikonboard scripts. I'm not sure it's worth putting
on-line though - I like the email format of this group, but am aware that
others may prefer the non-invasiveness of a forum and that in fact this is
the SUG and I'm a guest, so I should set something up of my own. Any
thoughts?

Regards,
Colin

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I agree with Rebecca Blanco, the volume of emails is becoming too large and
so I'd vote for the forum which looks promising.

Regards
Rob Harrison
Bexhill S C

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Jenkins" <colin.jenkins@match-it.com>
To: "Sailwave User Group" <sailwave@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: [sailwave] Forums

I've been fiddling in the background with a Sailwave Forums page on the

web

site, as suggested by somebody a while ago. If you're interested it can
previewed at http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi. It's

powered

by the free Ikonboard scripts. I'm not sure it's worth putting on-line
though - I like the email format of this group, but am aware that others

may

prefer the non-invasiveness of a forum and that in fact this is the SUG

and

I'm a guest, so I should set something up of my own. Any thoughts?

Regards,
Colin

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4

I have had a number of private emails saying the same as Rob and Rebecca -
essentially if you don't log in for a while you get blatted with too many
emails that are deleted rather than read... Simon, (or anybody else) - how
would you feel if we removed the yahoo group and moved to the Sailwave
forums... Ikonboard has some nice features like tracking particular topics
of interest and only showing new messages etc etc, so it may be a bit easier
to personally manage. There is no advertising on this board as it's hosted
on the Sailwave web site. What it will need is some volunteers to be
moderators at some stage.

http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi

Regards,
Colin

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Harrison [mailto:rob_wina.harrison@lineone.net]
Sent: 26 April 2002 19:41
To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [sailwave] Forums

I agree with Rebecca Blanco, the volume of emails is becoming too large and
so I'd vote for the forum which looks promising.

Regards
Rob Harrison
Bexhill S C

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Jenkins" <colin.jenkins@match-it.com>
To: "Sailwave User Group" <sailwave@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: [sailwave] Forums

I've been fiddling in the background with a Sailwave Forums page on the

web

site, as suggested by somebody a while ago. If you're interested it can
previewed at http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi. It's

powered

by the free Ikonboard scripts. I'm not sure it's worth putting on-line
though - I like the email format of this group, but am aware that others

may

prefer the non-invasiveness of a forum and that in fact this is the SUG

and

I'm a guest, so I should set something up of my own. Any thoughts?

Regards,
Colin

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I vote for the forum.

Bill Hunt
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (www.bhyc.net)
J/105 Fleet 23 (www.j105.org/fleet23)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Jenkins [mailto:colin@sailwave.com]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 4:08 PM
To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [sailwave] Forums

I have had a number of private emails saying the same as Rob and Rebecca
-
essentially if you don't log in for a while you get blatted with too
many
emails that are deleted rather than read... Simon, (or anybody else) -
how
would you feel if we removed the yahoo group and moved to the Sailwave
forums... Ikonboard has some nice features like tracking particular
topics
of interest and only showing new messages etc etc, so it may be a bit
easier
to personally manage. There is no advertising on this board as it's
hosted
on the Sailwave web site. What it will need is some volunteers to be
moderators at some stage.

http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi

Regards,
Colin

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Harrison [mailto:rob_wina.harrison@lineone.net]
Sent: 26 April 2002 19:41
To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [sailwave] Forums

I agree with Rebecca Blanco, the volume of emails is becoming too large
and
so I'd vote for the forum which looks promising.

Regards
Rob Harrison
Bexhill S C

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Jenkins" <colin.jenkins@match-it.com>
To: "Sailwave User Group" <sailwave@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: [sailwave] Forums

I've been fiddling in the background with a Sailwave Forums page on

the
web

site, as suggested by somebody a while ago. If you're interested it

can

previewed at http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi. It's

powered

by the free Ikonboard scripts. I'm not sure it's worth putting

on-line

though - I like the email format of this group, but am aware that

others
may

prefer the non-invasiveness of a forum and that in fact this is the

SUG
and

I'm a guest, so I should set something up of my own. Any thoughts?

Regards,
Colin

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6

Personally, I'd vote to keep the email format as it doesn't mean a separate
action to obtain the information. Most email systems allow rules so you can
redirect the [sailwave] messages to their own folder. Forums also require
you to be online, and not everyone has a permanently on connection or even a
"free" one. Forums usually require a higher computer skill level than email.
I also think you'd probably loose the immediacy of responses. Email also
allows me to maintain my own archive of the information.

Best regards - John.
John Rischmiller, mailto:john@virtual-it.org.uk

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-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Jenkins [mailto:colin.jenkins@match-it.com]
Sent: 26 April 2002 10:41
To: Sailwave User Group
Subject: [sailwave] Forums

I've been fiddling in the background with a Sailwave Forums page on the
web site, as suggested by somebody a while ago. If you're interested it
can previewed at http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi. It's
powered by the free Ikonboard scripts. I'm not sure it's worth putting
on-line though - I like the email format of this group, but am aware that
others may prefer the non-invasiveness of a forum and that in fact this is
the SUG and I'm a guest, so I should set something up of my own. Any
thoughts?

Regards,
Colin

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Colin there are obviously many pro's and con's on this issue. Currently
there are 160 members on the SUG with 20 (twenty!!) new joiners over the
past week alone. Biggest recomendation pro tem would be for lurkers to
convert to daily digest (they can allways reply to a digest).

Convert to daily digest of emails send blank email to:
sailwave-digest@yahoogroups.com

simon
Burghfield SC
http://www.burghfieldsc.org.uk/

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Jenkins" <colin@sailwave.com>
To: <sailwave@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:07 PM
Subject: RE: [sailwave] Forums

I have had a number of private emails saying the same as Rob and

ebecca -

essentially if you don't log in for a while you get blatted with too many
emails that are deleted rather than read... Simon, (or anybody else) -

how

would you feel if we removed the yahoo group and moved to the Sailwave
forums... Ikonboard has some nice features like tracking particular

topics

of interest and only showing new messages etc etc, so it may be a bit

easier

to personally manage. There is no advertising on this board as it's

hosted

on the Sailwave web site. What it will need is some volunteers to be
moderators at some stage.

http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi

Regards,
Colin

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Harrison [mailto:rob_wina.harrison@lineone.net]
Sent: 26 April 2002 19:41
To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [sailwave] Forums

I agree with Rebecca Blanco, the volume of emails is becoming too large

and

so I'd vote for the forum which looks promising.

Regards
Rob Harrison
Bexhill S C

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Jenkins" <colin.jenkins@match-it.com>
To: "Sailwave User Group" <sailwave@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: [sailwave] Forums

> I've been fiddling in the background with a Sailwave Forums page on the
web
> site, as suggested by somebody a while ago. If you're interested it can
> previewed at http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi. It's
powered
> by the free Ikonboard scripts. I'm not sure it's worth putting on-line
> though - I like the email format of this group, but am aware that others
may
> prefer the non-invasiveness of a forum and that in fact this is the SUG
and
> I'm a guest, so I should set something up of my own. Any thoughts?
>
> Regards,
> Colin
>
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.350 / Virus Database: 196 - Release Date: 17/04/2002
>
>
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sailwave
> http://www.sailwave.com/
>
> Convert to daily digest of emails send blank email to:
> sailwave-digest@yahoogroups.com
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> sailwave-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to

http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

>
>

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http://www.sailwave.com/

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8

OK, I'll leave the forums hidden away at the moment. I'll do some more
stuff on the web site re: different ways to access the group etc. Regards,
Colin.

Regards,
Colin

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-----Original Message-----
From: SimonSmith [mailto:simon@smith.net]
Sent: 27 April 2002 11:24
To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [sailwave] Forums

Colin there are obviously many pro's and con's on this issue. Currently
there are 160 members on the SUG with 20 (twenty!!) new joiners over the
past week alone. Biggest recomendation pro tem would be for lurkers to
convert to daily digest (they can allways reply to a digest).

Convert to daily digest of emails send blank email to:
sailwave-digest@yahoogroups.com

simon
Burghfield SC
http://www.burghfieldsc.org.uk/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Jenkins" <colin@sailwave.com>
To: <sailwave@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:07 PM
Subject: RE: [sailwave] Forums

I have had a number of private emails saying the same as Rob and

ebecca -

essentially if you don't log in for a while you get blatted with too many
emails that are deleted rather than read... Simon, (or anybody else) -

how

would you feel if we removed the yahoo group and moved to the Sailwave
forums... Ikonboard has some nice features like tracking particular

topics

of interest and only showing new messages etc etc, so it may be a bit

easier

to personally manage. There is no advertising on this board as it's

hosted

on the Sailwave web site. What it will need is some volunteers to be
moderators at some stage.

http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi

Regards,
Colin

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Harrison [mailto:rob_wina.harrison@lineone.net]
Sent: 26 April 2002 19:41
To: sailwave@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [sailwave] Forums

I agree with Rebecca Blanco, the volume of emails is becoming too large

and

so I'd vote for the forum which looks promising.

Regards
Rob Harrison
Bexhill S C

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Jenkins" <colin.jenkins@match-it.com>
To: "Sailwave User Group" <sailwave@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: [sailwave] Forums

> I've been fiddling in the background with a Sailwave Forums page on the
web
> site, as suggested by somebody a while ago. If you're interested it can
> previewed at http://www.sailwave.com/cgi-bin/ib/ikonboard.cgi. It's
powered
> by the free Ikonboard scripts. I'm not sure it's worth putting on-line
> though - I like the email format of this group, but am aware that others
may
> prefer the non-invasiveness of a forum and that in fact this is the SUG
and
> I'm a guest, so I should set something up of my own. Any thoughts?
>
> Regards,
> Colin
>
>
>
> ---
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>
>
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sailwave
> http://www.sailwave.com/
>
> Convert to daily digest of emails send blank email to:
> sailwave-digest@yahoogroups.com
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> sailwave-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
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>
>

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