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[Andrew Swinn]

> Adam Smith said:
> I do not see the point of another, separate forum.

After seeing everyone else's posts I have somewhat revised my thinking 
on the subject. From the amount of posts to this mailing list it appears 
that quite a few of us are happy with the mailing list approach.

I do not know a lot about the politics of ubuntuforums.org, but if there 
are underlying issues with it's operation maybe it is best avoided.

I am actually somewhat against the idea of a forum now. There have been 
a few valid reasons posted that I did not see before and tend to agree 
with.

The first being that ability to read and respond without a net 
connection, I did a survey of our local computer club members out this 
way asking how many had full-time broadband and who were still on dial 
up. A good half were on dial up. For anyone not on these broadband 
connections that we sometimes take for granted, forums are hard work.

Also mentioned was the direct to the receiver approach. This has the 
added benefit of everyone getting everything, you don't have to wait for 
someone to find your post to answer it.

In summary:

*I think we should avoid ubuntuforums.org if there is instability issues 
there.
*I don't think we should bother with a ubuntu.com.au forums as, yes, it 
would be just another forum to log into and a lot of us a stretched for 
time as it is without having to maintain/check a forum.
*The mailing list is already working well. Don't fix/replace something 
that ain't broke.

Cheers,

Andrew Swinn (Phlosten)