[luau] CMS systems and Web Based Forums

[Vince Hoang]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 11:05:15PM -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> Push vs Pull media

Mailing lists serve me well. I lurk on over 50 mailing lists. I
would not be able to scan through them all of them quickly if the
medium were web-based. There is too much latency to get content.

> Back in 2000 we were smaller and less active, however today I
> think we may be ready for a web forum.

Most people only use luau in read-only mode. There are only a
few messages posted to luau each day. Would there really be more
participation if the discussions were web-based?

> Unfortunately, if such a thing were to happen, it would need
> to be a complete conversion because you cannot expect people
> to visit both a mailing list and web forum. The community
> would suffer if we try to maintain both. This means that
> the discussion mailing list would ultimately need to be
> discontinued.

Although I personally prefer mailing lists, having both in the
long term would be a disservice to the community.

> I propose that along with the launch of the new HOSEF/MPLUG
> website, we as a community TEST a web board. Not everyone would
> prefer it, but I believe it would ultimately be better for us
> as a community. I ask that people have an open mind and give it
> a good try.

This might be the catalyst to get the 250+ subscribers to luau to
participate more. Or, the forums will run empty because there is
not much to discuss.

> Comments? Flames? =)

I guess this would mean no more HTML-ized E-mail.

One technical concern is hosting. Will HOSEF/luau always have the
blessing from UH? A mailing list is very light weight compared to
a web-based forum. That will greatly affect hosting options in
the future.

-Vince