I think this makes some sense, as the number of Koha users and experimenters is expanding. The questions of who to host and how to administer such a forum are important ones though. Ideally, there would already be something like: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxforums.org%2Fforum%2Flinux-applications%2F where we could make a Koha subforum and others below it, but I don't know of any offhand. Any ideas here? The nice thing about an email list is that it doesn't live and die by the host's realtime performance and network availability. I also think that the install walkthroughs are best kept and most easily updated in wiki format, even if we do spawn a discussion forum. --joe atzberger On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Christopher L Middleman < cmiddleman@stcames.com> wrote:

Hi I have been on the mailing list for a while and it has it good points but I was wondering if maybe if it is time to start a forum board instead. This way whe could break up information into units such as intalling, migration, updating, database, etc. We could further break down units like installing into Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat , 64 bit, etc. In each of these sections we could add the latest install walk throughs as a sticky at the top. As people ecounter problems they could be edited into the install guides. The boards could speed up advice and cut down on the amount of mail being sent out. Christopher Middleman _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

Christopher L Middleman wrote:

I have been on the mailing list for a while and it has it good points but I was wondering if maybe if it is time to start a forum board instead. This way whe could break up information into units such as intalling, migration, updating, database, etc. We could further break down units like installing into Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat , 64 bit, etc. In each of these sections we could add the latest install walk throughs as a sticky at the top. As people ecounter problems they could be edited into the install guides. The boards could speed up advice and cut down on the amount of mail being sent out.

I am on many mailing lists. To attend to the discussions on those lists all I have to do several times a day is dip into my mail box. I do not in general have time to dip into dozens of fora, and do not, as a rule. It is far too time consuming to troll through dozens of sub-fora on many different websites, just so I can answer the odd question or look for the odd answer. Mailing lists and fora are completely different beasts and are not interchangeable. I for one would read a lot less about Koha and its evolution if the mailing list was replaced by a forum. cheers rickw -- ________________________________________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services || Internet Driving Instructor A terrorist is someone who has a bomb but can't afford an air force. -- William Blum