Hi!<div>Simply find Google Groups and look there for QGISGRASS.</div><div>Then apply for membership.</div><div>At the moment, only members can view topics.</div><div>Personally, I'm in favor of open groups, but this is at the managers discretion.</div>
<div>Making the group free to read, but with restricted posting is a good alternative.</div><div><br></div><div>Google Groups works very well for the MapInfo forum, MapInfo-L, and the FME forum FME Talk. I am a member of both.</div>
<div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards, Mats.E</div><div><br></div>
<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Den 31 mars 2012 20:50 skrev Mark Hall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhall89446@att.net">mhall89446@att.net</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><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"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Mats Elfström <<a href="mailto:mats.elfstrom@gmail.com" target="_blank">mats.elfstrom@gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Nick Hopton <<a href="mailto:nhopton@gmail.com" target="_blank">nhopton@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><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><div><div class="h5"><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" href="mailto:nhopton@gmail.com" target="_blank">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>
<br>
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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