<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:14pt">How does one join the QGISGRASS group?<br><div><br></div><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Mats Elfström <mats.elfstrom@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Nick Hopton <nhopton@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sat, March 31, 2012 10:30:52 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Qgis-user] Closure of forum<br></font><br>
Hi!<br>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 the thing.<br>It could be fully open, or for registered users only.<br><br>Regards, Mats.E<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Den 31 mars 2012 19:10 skrev Nick Hopton <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:nhopton@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:nhopton@gmail.com">nhopton@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I read QGIS-User on Nabble, where the posts on the closure of the forum<br>
appear somehow to have got mixed up with the Sextante thread, so forgive me<br>
for starting a new thread.<br>
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The closure is a done deal I suppose but I think it will be harmful to QGIS.<br>
Forum users are now being pointed to Stack Exchange but many of them will, I<br>
believe, take one look at Stack Exchange and run a mile. The Stack Exchange<br>
GIS FAQ makes it quite clear that SE is intended for "...cartographers,<br>
database administrators, geographers, programmers, and anyone interested in<br>
or using GIS professionally."<br>
<br>
I don't fit into any one of these categories, nor I think would many of the<br>
people who used to post on the forum. They tended to be newcomers to QGIS,<br>
or people who make maps and use GIS as just a part of their job, or as part<br>
of a recreational activity, or any combination of the three. Some of them<br>
will be young and engaged in things like school projects. It would be nice<br>
to think that these people will shift to SE, but I can't see this happening.<br>
But we'll 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 to see<br>
the responses.<br>
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