I gotta agree w/ Bryan- I peruse the samba vanagon link when I've got
time, but it is not as simultaneous/instant gratification oriented as
this forum is, & thus the samba appeals to those folks who are more
disciplined in their time wasting, I mean reading?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ

On Aug 25, 2008, at 4:01 PM, B Feddish wrote:

> I think this already exists on The Samba the FMBC so anybody who is
> interested in such a forum has moved onward to these.  Those of us
> who like
> getting and email as opposed to opening a browser, loading a page,
> clicking
> on links to get where you want, etc. would prefer to keep this as
> an email
> list. There are still advantages of an email list, one being that
> urgent
> things drop right into everyone's mailbox immediately.  If someone
> says,
> "Help, I need to identify a part and I'm on the side of the road in
> East BF
> Virginia" the entire list will get the email right away.  I find
> this better
> than having to load a web page and perusing the to "Stuck on the
> side of the
> road" forum.
>
> Plus many of us are grumpy old men that don't like change.
>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> Syncronicity1
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:36 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
>
> To elaborate a bit, one of the biggest values of the forum is to
> create
> categories, so that people can choose what they want to read,
> rather than
> having everything presented to them in email.  For example:
>
> - engine
> - drive train
> - suspension
> - brakes
> - trans: manual
> - trans: auto
> - electrical
> - body
> - wheels
> - accessories
> - westys: kitchen equipment
> - westys: pop-top and body
> - camping
> - trips
> - green (alt. fuel)
> - diesels
> - friday follies
> - DIY
> - non-Vanagon subjects
>
> Heck, we can use the categories already in place elsewhere like at
> BTDT.
> Most forum SW has a "show new" feature so that people can read
> chronologically just like emails.  And I have had my vanagon.com
> email on
> gmail for some time now, it helps a great deal, but still doesn't
> make it as
> good as a forum.
>
> Roland