"So is money but it works just fine."<br><br>There's a difference between something that "works" and something that "works well"<br><br>"I think you need to be a bit more explicit. What is a bulletin board
<br>system? What does it offer better than this? The community is small<br>enough... what is gained by spreading it thinner?"<br><br>A bulletin board system is a format for discussion that allows the topics, pictures and conversations to be viewed as their own medium in a "forum setting" rather than as a series of unique, topical email communiques sent to subscribing participants. It wouldn't serve to "spread the community thinner" but rather would serve to start a forum and community with a base of knowledgeable people- the people of this mailing list- that could eventually grow larger.
<br>Fact is, hamstringing the community to a mailing list isn't exactly conducive to growth. Cheesemaking is a narrow enough field of interest that it's probably best to remain reasonably progressive as a community rather than lodged in old formats with wildly inferior functionality.
<br><br>I envision a BBS system where cheesemakers from all over the world can come together to post pictures and share knowledge with each other.<br><br>As far as ads, maybe there would be, but I can assure you, this isn't a venture for profit and almost certainly wouldn't ever be lucrative. There just aren't enough cheesemakers out there to hope for a payday as a result of this, but there are enough out there to warrant a new, updated format for discussion.
<br><br>Anyway, that's my case for it. I would welcome any other opinions. <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 3, 2008 6:43 PM, Jack Schmidling <<a href="mailto:arf@mc.net">arf@mc.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Landon Morgan wrote:<br>> Just wondering- the mailing list concept is kinda dated.<br><br></div>So is money but it works just fine.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> I have the domain name <a href="http://talkcheese.com" target="_blank">
talkcheese.com</a> and could easily put up a<br>> bulletin board system. This would allow the information and data to be a bit<br>> more accessible.<br><br></div>I think you need to be a bit more explicit. What is a bulletin board
<br>system? What does it offer better than this? The community is small<br>enough... what is gained by spreading it thinner?<br><br>I will also bet that there will be ads and commercials on your BBS?<br><br>js<br><font color="#888888">
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