[Qgis-user] Re: Donations -> Knowledge mananagment platform

[Gary Sherman]

On Mar 31, 2012, at 6:16 AM, Maxim Dubinin wrote:

> -1
> 
> (signed  up  for  qgis-user  to  send  this email, is it really a good
> way  to  decide  ask  whether  we should close one support media at... another
> media)
> 
> I'm surprised it is ignored what actual users of the forum said [0].

It should be noted that only 12 people of the hundreds that used the forum cared enough to vote. This can hardly be viewed as a consensus opinion.

> 
> I'm also surprised how quickly the thread 'how to make forum better' turned
> into 'lets  close it because we don't like it/don't want to spend time on it'.

This issue has been discussed for nearly a year in one form or another.

> 
> I thought such decisions should at least go through PSC voting.

While there was no formal vote, the members of the PSC and community have expressed their opinion.

Personally I am neutral on whether the forum lived or died. 

> 
> [0] http://forum.qgis.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9025
> 
> Maxim
> 
>> We could also close the forums and tell everyone to use gis.stackexchange
>> instead. That would reduce maintenance necessary on our side. It would also
>> increase visibility of QGIS in the eyes of ESRI folks if more QGIS
>> questions pop up on stackexchange.
>> 
>> Personally, I would welcome shutting down the forums since it would free
>> me of the repetitive work of deleting dozens of spam threads every day.
> 
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-gary

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