Andy Sparrow
Active member
At the meeting last night it was proposed that the club set up it's own forum and that this could be used for organising trips rather than the google-groups email list. It is intended that this forum, on Ukcaving, be discontinued. Personally I am not really a supporter of this idea and this is why...
1. We already have a forum. Here I am using it! We moderate it ourselves and keep it 'troll' free.
2. I like the public profile the club has here and the occasional constructive and useful posts we get from non-members.
3. Personally I think that all trips and activities need to be communicated and planned through a single channel of communication. Not everybody is able or inclined to log into a forum, but emails should always get through. It will end up with some members using the forum and others using the email list and there will be inevitable complaints that 'nobody told me'.
4. Forums do have there uses - like being able to discuss this without clogging up our inboxes!
1. We already have a forum. Here I am using it! We moderate it ourselves and keep it 'troll' free.
2. I like the public profile the club has here and the occasional constructive and useful posts we get from non-members.
3. Personally I think that all trips and activities need to be communicated and planned through a single channel of communication. Not everybody is able or inclined to log into a forum, but emails should always get through. It will end up with some members using the forum and others using the email list and there will be inevitable complaints that 'nobody told me'.
4. Forums do have there uses - like being able to discuss this without clogging up our inboxes!