Getting Started

Hi Pete,

Just testing.

This is a useful facility for the community. Well done.

The forum is off to a good start. However, I am curious how it will do in the long run. I had a forum like this for my RunScore program on coolrunning.com. It was well used but when I started a listserv (e-mail) forum, it really took off and people stopped using the web-only. I think the problem with this type of forum is that one has to make the (though very small) effort to go look once in a while. An e-mail forum comes to each member whenever a note is appended.

Let's see what happens.

Alan

Alan, I'd forgotten about the RunScore forum. On the other hand, I subscribe to a Track & Field maillist out of the University of Oregon. 5 years ago there might be 20 posts a day, more during the height of the track season. Now weeks can go by without a post. That was the case even during the Athens Games. Most of the subscribers migrated to online message boards like Letsrun.com and trackandfieldnews.com

A nice feature of message boards is you can view the entire thread at once, or go back to old material fairly easily.

What this will all mean to MN Forum remains to be seen.

This Road Course Measurement Bulletin Board does the ability to send e-mail notifications when something new is posted to a particular forum. This may ease the transition from a subscription mailing list to a browser based forum discussions.

Subscribers may select the notification tool by clicking the "Notify" tab on a community page to request . Delivery options include:

Daily E-mail Digest - a summary of all notifications sent once a day
Weekly E-mail Digest - a summary of all notifications sent once a week
Immediate Notification - e-mail automatically sent when there is an update.

If you want it all you do need to select the notification tool for each forum (i.e. Electronic Measurement, Timing, Records, etc.)

Justin -

Thanks for the tip. As I am new at operating this site I know little more about it than do the users. I'm managing to stay ahead, but posts like yours help.

I'll sign up for a daily digest myself!

This looks like a great resource: a great way for us to share ideas and thoughts. I will look forward to checking posts and provide input that I feel qualified to make.