future technology for the INDOLOGY list

[James Hartzell]

I thought we had voted on this already, recently.  I would only add (my
vote is to continue the list as is) that with so many emails to process
every day, I always make time for Indology, but I suspect I would often not
take time to check a bulletin board.

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> I don't object to a bulletin board per se (though I am not sure how often
> I would log on without the emails to remind me). Whichever system we use,
> there must be some means of archiving discussions so that we can refer to
> them again later. With bulletin board-type interfaces, there is a tendency
> for the same topics to come up for debate time and time again, as previous
> discussions drop out of sight.
>
> Valerie J Roebuck
>
> On 16 Aug 2012, at 23:27, Lindquist, Steven wrote:
>
> > From my experience, a bulletin board system as an active interface
> really only makes sense with large communities where subdividing into
> several sub-communities, FAQs, forums, etc. makes sense because it would
> otherwise entail far too much email or be too difficult to search.   With
> smaller groups, a BB can be useful as a passive interface (i.e., as a means
> of archiving).
> >
> > Indology is not large enough to necessitate an active web forum, I don't
> think (in fact, I imagine the annoyance of logging in, scanning forums,
> posting between forums, etc. will decrease activity), so if the choice is
> "one or the other," I would much prefer an email-based system like we use
> now.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Steven
> >
> > STEVEN LINDQUIST, PH.D.
> > ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
> > DIRECTOR OF ASIAN STUDIES
> > _____________
> > Department of Religious Studies
> > Southern Methodist University
> > PO Box 750202 | Dallas | TX | 75275
> > http://faculty.smu.edu/slindqui
> >
> >
> >
> > On 17/08/2012 02:43, Jan E.M. Houben wrote:
> > Dear Dominik,
> > This example does not look very convincing / inspiring to me ...
> > Jan
> >
> > On 7 August 2012 12:09, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com<mailto:
> wujastyk at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:wujastyk at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Here are some examples of what a "bulletin board" looks like.
> >
> >       *
> http://www.phpbb.com/showcase/?sid=bdaba11d6613123df04e088fce4b2cba
> >
> >     D
> >
> >     On 7 August 2012 11:15, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com<mailto:
> wujastyk at gmail.com>
> >     <mailto:wujastyk at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >         At some point in the future, this INDOLOGY list will need an
> >         update or overhaul.  Looking around at the software that's
> >         available, it looks as if we would have the choice between
> >         continuing with an email-based discussion forum very much as we
> >         do now, or switching to a "bulletin board" style of system,
> >         which would be manipulated through a website.  It would be nice
> >         to have both in one package, but so far I haven't found that
> >         (except Google groups, which I'd prefer not to use for other
> >         reasons).
> >
> >         I've put together a simple poll to ask your opinion.  Would you
> >         vote here please?
> >
> >           * http://votebin.appspot.com/HJTGLCGH
> >
> >         If there's an option I haven't thought of, you can add it.
> >
> >         Best,
> >
> >         Dominik Wujastyk
> >
> >         INDOLOGY list manager
>



-- 
James Hartzell, PhD
Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC)
The University of Trento, Italy


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