Hi!<br>According to <a href="http://qgis.org">qgis.org</a>, there are ten (10) current mailing lists for Qgis.<br>If there is a need to fragment the communication that much, maybe a traditional forum with subgroups would be a better idea than my proposal for a Google group. I feel mailing lists are outdated. <br>
There are a lot of forum services to choose from.<br><br>Regards, Mats.E <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Den 1 april 2012 10:11 skrev MORREALE Jean Roc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jr.morreale@enoreth.net">jr.morreale@enoreth.net</a>></span>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The point of the forum closure is to avoid fragmentation of the greatest and the rarest resource we have to share with the users : brains.<br>
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So unless you can keep a google group in sync with the official list , using a new place will not improve the situation in this regard.<br>
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Le 01/04/2012 08:50, Mats Elfström a écrit :<br>
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Hi! Simply find Google Groups and look there for QGISGRASS. Then<br>
apply for membership. At the moment, only members can view topics.<br>
Personally, I'm in favor of open groups, but this is at the managers<br>
discretion. Making the group free to read, but with restricted<br>
posting is a good alternative.<br>
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Google Groups works very well for the MapInfo forum, MapInfo-L, and<br>
the FME forum FME Talk. I am a member of both. Every participant can<br>
choose how to take part in the forum, from receiving every post as<br>
e-mail, abridged daily summaries, or only reading it on the web.<br>
<br>
Regards, Mats.E<br>
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Den 31 mars 2012 20:50 skrev Mark Hall <<a href="mailto:mhall89446@att.net" target="_blank">mhall89446@att.net</a><br></div>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:mhall89446@att.net" target="_blank">mhall89446@att.net</a>>>:<div class="im"><br>
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How does one join the QGISGRASS group?<br>
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*From:* Mats Elfström <<a href="mailto:mats.elfstrom@gmail.com" target="_blank">mats.elfstrom@gmail.com</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:mats.elfstrom@gmail.com" target="_blank">mats.elfstrom@gmail.<u></u>com</a>>> *To:* Nick Hopton<br>
<<a href="mailto:nhopton@gmail.com" target="_blank">nhopton@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nhopton@gmail.com" target="_blank">nhopton@gmail.com</a>>> *Cc:*<br>
<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.<u></u>org</a>> *Sent:*<br>
Sat, March 31, 2012 10:30:52 AM *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] Closure of<div class="im"><br>
forum<br>
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Hi! Start a Google Qgis group, or join the existing QGISGRASS group.<br>
That way all is taken care of, and no one needs to host or administer<br>
the thing. It could be fully open, or for registered users only.<br>
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Regards, Mats.E<br>
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Den 31 mars 2012 19:10 skrev Nick Hopton <<a href="mailto:nhopton@gmail.com" target="_blank">nhopton@gmail.com</a><br></div>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:nhopton@gmail.com" target="_blank">nhopton@gmail.com</a>>>:<div class="im"><br>
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I read QGIS-User on Nabble, where the posts on the closure of the<br>
forum appear somehow to have got mixed up with the Sextante thread,<br>
so forgive me for starting a new thread.<br>
<br>
The closure is a done deal I suppose but I think it will be harmful<br>
to QGIS. Forum users are now being pointed to Stack Exchange but many<br>
of them will, I believe, take one look at Stack Exchange and run a<br>
mile. The Stack Exchange GIS FAQ makes it quite clear that SE is<br>
intended for "...cartographers, database administrators, geographers,<br>
programmers, and anyone interested in or using GIS professionally."<br>
<br>
I don't fit into any one of these categories, nor I think would many<br>
of the people who used to post on the forum. They tended to be<br>
newcomers to QGIS, or people who make maps and use GIS as just a part<br>
of their job, or as part of a recreational activity, or any<br>
combination of the three. Some of them will be young and engaged in<br>
things like school projects. It would be nice to think that these<br>
people will shift to SE, but I can't see this happening. But we'll<br>
soon be able to tell, if things work as hoped a lot of newby-type<br>
questions should soon start appearing on SE. It will be interesting<br>
to see the responses.<br>
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