[C320-list] Web Forum ?

[Robert Seastream]

I check my mail every day, often twice, thereby receiving messages/ 
discussions I might otherwise miss.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906

On Jan 17, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Karl Mielenhausen _/) wrote:

> Excellent observations Chris.
>
> I might add, for the benefit of newer list members, that past  
> discussions on the list have been archived and may be searched  
> here....
> http://www.catalina320.com/isearch2/
>
> There is a wealth of past information there that might be useful in  
> checking when a C320 question crosses your mind.
>
> Karl
>
>
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:31:26 -0500, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> IMHO, it reveals a bit of the evidence of the history of our  
>> development. We
>> originally were two distinct services with a largely common  
>> membership, a
>> website maintained by C320IA  volunteers and an email listserv  
>> hosted by a
>> third party. The third party hosting went through business  
>> development
>> issues and in the meantime we had grown in size, maturity and with  
>> some very
>> able volunteer help, to a point that we were able go independent of  
>> the
>> hosting entity and host everything through the website.
>>
>> There were comments among the members at that time that some  
>> favored an
>> email list and others preferred a BB format. Since we had the  
>> expertise and
>> resources, we have both.
>>
>> I perceive that the list has largely won out in terms of activity  
>> and assume
>> that many who check email regularly prefer the immediacy of  
>> response that
>> venue offers. As most of our membership don't seem to camp out on  
>> the board
>> the way that some on other forums do I speculate that C320 IA  
>> members that
>> have a strong preference for boards are more likely attracted to  
>> the more
>> active boards such as sailboatowners.com or cruisersforum.com.
>>
>> On Jan 17, 2008 12:54 PM, Joe Abbagnaro <jabbagna at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>> I am new here so I hope I am not opening up a can of worms, or  
>>> something
>>> that has already been beat to death.
>>> Just wondering why no one seems to use the 320 Web Forums ?
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Karl Mielenhausen
> Catalina 320 Hull 690
> New Bern, NC
>