future technology for the INDOLOGY list

[Madhav Deshpande]

I would support "continuing with an email-based discussion forum very much
as we
do now."

Madhav Deshpande

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 6:44 PM, George Thompson <gthomgt at gmail.com> wrote:

> A quick note to say that I am content with the format that we have.
>
> George Thompson
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 7:35 AM, James Hartzell
> <james.hartzell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I thought we had voted on this already, recently.  I would only add (my
> vote
> > is to continue the list as is) that with so many emails to process every
> > day, I always make time for Indology, but I suspect I would often not
> take
> > time to check a bulletin board.
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Valerie J Roebuck
> > <vjroebuck at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't object to a bulletin board per se (though I am not sure how
> often
> >> I would log on without the emails to remind me). Whichever system we
> use,
> >> there must be some means of archiving discussions so that we can refer
> to
> >> them again later. With bulletin board-type interfaces, there is a
> tendency
> >> for the same topics to come up for debate time and time again, as
> previous
> >> discussions drop out of sight.
> >>
> >> Valerie J Roebuck
> >>
> >> On 16 Aug 2012, at 23:27, Lindquist, Steven wrote:
> >>
> >> > From my experience, a bulletin board system as an active interface
> >> > really only makes sense with large communities where subdividing into
> >> > several sub-communities, FAQs, forums, etc. makes sense because it
> would
> >> > otherwise entail far too much email or be too difficult to search.
> With
> >> > smaller groups, a BB can be useful as a passive interface (i.e., as a
> means
> >> > of archiving).
> >> >
> >> > Indology is not large enough to necessitate an active web forum, I
> don't
> >> > think (in fact, I imagine the annoyance of logging in, scanning
> forums,
> >> > posting between forums, etc. will decrease activity), so if the
> choice is
> >> > "one or the other," I would much prefer an email-based system like we
> use
> >> > now.
> >> >
> >> > Best,
> >> >
> >> > Steven
> >> >
> >> > STEVEN LINDQUIST, PH.D.
> >> > ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
> >> > DIRECTOR OF ASIAN STUDIES
> >> > _____________
> >> > Department of Religious Studies
> >> > Southern Methodist University
> >> > PO Box 750202 | Dallas | TX | 75275
> >> > http://faculty.smu.edu/slindqui
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 17/08/2012 02:43, Jan E.M. Houben wrote:
> >> > Dear Dominik,
> >> > This example does not look very convincing / inspiring to me ...
> >> > Jan
> >> >
> >> > On 7 August 2012 12:09, Dominik Wujastyk
> >> > <wujastyk at gmail.com<mailto:wujastyk at gmail.com>
> >> > <mailto:wujastyk at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >     Here are some examples of what a "bulletin board" looks like.
> >> >
> >> >       *
> >> > http://www.phpbb.com/showcase/?sid=bdaba11d6613123df04e088fce4b2cba
> >> >
> >> >     D
> >> >
> >> >     On 7 August 2012 11:15, Dominik Wujastyk
> >> > <wujastyk at gmail.com<mailto:wujastyk at gmail.com>
> >> >     <mailto:wujastyk at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >         At some point in the future, this INDOLOGY list will need an
> >> >         update or overhaul.  Looking around at the software that's
> >> >         available, it looks as if we would have the choice between
> >> >         continuing with an email-based discussion forum very much as
> we
> >> >         do now, or switching to a "bulletin board" style of system,
> >> >         which would be manipulated through a website.  It would be
> nice
> >> >         to have both in one package, but so far I haven't found that
> >> >         (except Google groups, which I'd prefer not to use for other
> >> >         reasons).
> >> >
> >> >         I've put together a simple poll to ask your opinion.  Would
> you
> >> >         vote here please?
> >> >
> >> >           * http://votebin.appspot.com/HJTGLCGH
> >> >
> >> >         If there's an option I haven't thought of, you can add it.
> >> >
> >> >         Best,
> >> >
> >> >         Dominik Wujastyk
> >> >
> >> >         INDOLOGY list manager
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > James Hartzell, PhD
> > Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC)
> > The University of Trento, Italy
>



-- 
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608, USA


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