On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 6:44 PM, George Thompson
<gthomgt@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@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@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@gmail.com<mailto:wujastyk@gmail.com>
>> > <mailto:wujastyk@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@gmail.com<mailto:wujastyk@gmail.com>
>> > <mailto:wujastyk@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
>
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> James Hartzell, PhD
> Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC)
> The University of Trento, Italy