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

[Martin Cooper]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 2:22 PM Joe Leikhim via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> 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.
>

In addition to its own archives, amsat-bb used to be archived at
mail-archive.com here:

https://www.mail-archive.com/amsat-bb@amsat.org/

For whatever reason, that seems to have stopped in 2014. If we could get
that restarted, that would be useful, since it has a pretty good Advanced
Search capability.

Martin.
KD6YAM



> 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
>
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