[Qgis-user] Closure of forum

[MORREALE Jean Roc]

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.

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.

Le 01/04/2012 08:50, Mats Elfström a écrit :
> Hi! Simply find Google Groups and look there for QGISGRASS. Then
> apply for membership. At the moment, only members can view topics.
> Personally, I'm in favor of open groups, but this is at the managers
>  discretion. Making the group free to read, but with restricted
> posting is a good alternative.
>
> Google Groups works very well for the MapInfo forum, MapInfo-L, and
> the FME forum FME Talk. I am a member of both. Every participant can
> choose how to take part in the forum, from receiving every post as
> e-mail, abridged daily summaries, or only reading it on the web.
>
> Regards, Mats.E
>
>
>
> Den 31 mars 2012 20:50 skrev Mark Hall <mhall89446 at att.net
> <mailto:mhall89446 at att.net>>:
>
> How does one join the QGISGRASS group?
>
>
> *From:* Mats Elfström <mats.elfstrom at gmail.com
> <mailto:mats.elfstrom at gmail.com>> *To:* Nick Hopton
> <nhopton at gmail.com <mailto:nhopton at gmail.com>> *Cc:*
> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> *Sent:*
> Sat, March 31, 2012 10:30:52 AM *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] Closure of
> forum
>
> Hi! Start a Google Qgis group, or join the existing QGISGRASS group.
> That way all is taken care of, and no one needs to host or administer
> the thing. It could be fully open, or for registered users only.
>
> Regards, Mats.E
>
>
> Den 31 mars 2012 19:10 skrev Nick Hopton <nhopton at gmail.com
> <mailto:nhopton at gmail.com>>:
>
> I read QGIS-User on Nabble, where the posts on the closure of the
> forum appear somehow to have got mixed up with the Sextante thread,
> so forgive me for starting a new thread.
>
> The closure is a done deal I suppose but I think it will be harmful
> to QGIS. Forum users are now being pointed to Stack Exchange but many
> of them will, I believe, take one look at Stack Exchange and run a
> mile. The Stack Exchange GIS FAQ makes it quite clear that SE is
> intended for "...cartographers, database administrators, geographers,
> programmers, and anyone interested in or using GIS professionally."
>
> I don't fit into any one of these categories, nor I think would many
> of the people who used to post on the forum. They tended to be
> newcomers to QGIS, or people who make maps and use GIS as just a part
> of their job, or as part of a recreational activity, or any
> combination of the three. Some of them will be young and engaged in
> things like school projects. It would be nice to think that these
> people will shift to SE, but I can't see this happening. But we'll
> soon be able to tell, if things work as hoped a lot of newby-type
> questions should soon start appearing on SE. It will be interesting
> to see the responses.