<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE> v\:* {behavior:url (#default#vml);} </STYLE> <style>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </style></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>I'm new to this, but think a UK forum would help no end, because of the very marked differences we experience in systems and pricing here, as well as the total overload of the current forum.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:caroline.ford.work@googlemail.com">Caroline Ford</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 03/11/2006 13:15:20</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">British Ubuntu Talk</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> Re: [ubuntu-uk] Uk Loco team forums</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 12:44 +0000, <A href="mailto:paul@paulmellors.net">paul@paulmellors.net</A> wrote:</DIV> <DIV>> > I fully support the creation of an Ubuntu -UK forum. It will increase</DIV> <DIV>> > the people involved in Ubuntu-UK tenfold.</DIV> <DIV>> ></DIV> <DIV>> > Caroline</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> My experience with forums, is that you create them and no one uses</DIV> <DIV>> them, My LUG had one and no one liked the change from mailing list to</DIV> <DIV>> forums so it never got used....it may be different with ubuntu-uk</DIV> <DIV>> because of the size of the user base....just be prepared for no one</DIV> <DIV>> using it.....i hope it won't happen if it gets done!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The traffic on the official forums is massive, and we are talking about</DIV> <DIV>a sub forum of that.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Caroline</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>--</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</A></DIV> <DIV><A href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>