[amsat-bb] Slack vs. eMail -- The medium is the message

[Joe Leikhim]

Something for the new BOD to consider. I have been monitoring/lurking 
AMSAT-BB for years, and still have to go to the archives to read a 
thread, cut and paste an e-mail to contribute. I still have not figured 
out its clunkiness. It may be a barrier to new tech types. I am old 
school and it seems archaic to me.

I am using Groups.io and I am the owner/moderator of two mail lists over 
there. ICOM-IC-970 at groups.io and ICOM-ICR-9000 at groups.io.  (Welcome 
aboard if interested)

This is a very flexible system and has both an e-mail and web interface. 
It was designed to replace yahoo groups which declined into self 
destruction by yahoo. For my purposes, they run themselves.

I recommend considering it for AMSAT-BB.

Initially there will be some noise from folks in bandwidth challenged 
areas, but once they read the instructions and set their accounts 
appropriately it will work fine.

My accounts are free. For a very large organization there may be a 
subscription cost. It may be possible to have the archives converted and 
embedded into the list. If not, they can be stored in the files area or 
linked to their current location. If the change is made, be sure to 
redirect or block new submissions to the old system so there is thread 
continuity.

Feel free to subscribe to mine and check out the features.

-- 
Joe Leikhim


Leikhim and Associates

Communications Consultants

Oviedo, Florida

JLeikhim at Leikhim.com

407-982-0446

WWW.LEIKHIM.COM