[Gmecm] Re: Digest v. Forum

Thu Sep 7 02:16:07 UTC 2006

Well, I'm willing to give it a try....

I am willing to offer web space, bandwidth and my time to get a forum going.

I have been watching this list for years but I don't post too much because
most of it does not relate to me or my cars (mainly because I'm an aussie).

I am no mechanic, nor do I regularly do conversions to efi or constantly
tinker (although I have done it quite a bit) BUT I am a very competent
network engineer/administrator willing to donate for a cause.

That's right - I am offering to host and maintain a specific GM-ECM forum.
This is not 'backyard' hosting, it's real hosting on a dedicated beefy
server living in a proper diesel power backed server room and decent
internet connection.

Now, to try and keep everyone happy, I'm going to try for the 'forum with
email' approach as discussed going back a few months.  The idea is also to
keep graphics and other bandwidth hungry stuff to an absolute minimum.  That
way those people on dialup/slow connections should not be too concerned.

I think email lists have their place but I think GM-ECM has matured too much
for a list.  People are afraid of change but I encourage you to give it a
try and see how it feels.

**To get this up and running, I need to get some suggestions of categories
that would be appropriate for the forum and other constructive input to make
it the forum YOU want**

Please do not comment if you do not have any positive input in moving to a
forum.

Andrew

-----Original Message-----

From: gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org [mailto:gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org] On Behalf
Of Doug Chase

Sent: Thursday, 31 August 2006 4:30 PM

To: gmecm at diy-efi.org

Subject: RE: [Gmecm] Re: Digest v. Forum

I've seen this discussion come up on many mailing lists and what usually

happens is this:

1) Somebody suggests moving to a forum

2) Lots of debate, with a large contingent (usually including the list

owner) wanting to stay as a mailing list.

3) Eventually somebody on the forum side of the debate goes ahead and starts

a forum on their own.

4a) People migrate to the forum.

or

4b) The forum never really catches on and most people stay on the list.

I've seen both 4a) and 4b) happen.  The only way to find out is for somebody

to start a forum.  I've never seen a "let's switch to a forum" discussion

actually end up in an official switch of a mailing list into a forum (but

that doesn't mean it's never happened).

Doug Chase

www.chaserace.com

425-269-5636

-----Original Message-----

From: Ryan Hess

Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:28 PM

To: gmecm at diy-efi.org

Subject: RE: [Gmecm] Re: Digest v. Forum

Data is lost?  I'm on probably 20 forums for everything from v6's to

engineering.  Of those 20, one forum has a problem with going down

occasionally.  There has NEVER been a loss of data or posts on ANY of the

forums in the 10+ years I've been on them.  Never.

Conversely, I have had emails get lost.  I have no idea how that happens,

but apparently it does.  It might be 1/100th of 1%, but it's there.  

Who's going to mind it?  Whoever wants to.  Nominate a couple admins.  I'll

do it without hesitation.  It's no surprise thirdgen gets soooo many people

from other backgrounds.  "How do I tune my $DF code?"  "I'm running an MG

with a 3.4DOHC, which binary do I need?"  Probably 20% of the posts there

are not thirdgen related, which I think goes to show the number of people

who want a general GM tuning/PROM/ECM/EFI forum.  

What I was sort of surprised of, was the number of people who have heard of

this list, but don't sign up because they hate "spam".  In that case, emails

they'd rather not receive.

Everybody is happy now only because it's no work to keep it the way it is,

and to be honest I think everybody is afraid of change.

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