I would like to take this opportunity to thank Vladimir and Tom for their input
on this critical issue. I believe that the EB is aware the current problems
users of this listserve have been experiencing and is actively taking steps to
eliminate them. For the past six months the Web Site Redesign Committee has
been discussing changes to www.abrf.org. These discussions have resulted in an
RFP to redesign the Web site. One of the most significant features of the new
web site concept is the incorporation of this email based discussion group to
create a single electronic presence for the ABRF. Many of the improvements
discussed below (and several others besides) have been included in the RFP. If
things go according to plan the new web site and full featured discussion group
will go on line in the summer of 2001. In the mean time if there are any other
suggestions for web site or discussion group improvements please send them to:
Ted Thannhauser
Chair, Web Site Redesign Committee
At 08:18 AM 12/8/00 -0500, Thomas J Miller wrote:
>I have to agree with Vladimir. There is a Electronic Bulletin Board
>that I subscribe to. Conditions for joining is that you are given a
>user name and a password. The Board can be accessed over the
>web, but as a feature it can be accessed by a Newsreader, like Outlook
>Express. Posting is very easy and you can just download the Headers
>and not worry about the message bodies. A Good idea especially
>if you access it over a slow modem. Not all of us have 56K and higher
>access at home. Regards, Tom.
>
>Thomas J. Miller
>Dupont Company
>Protein Sequencing Lab
>302-695-1745
>
>Opinions are my own and not of my employer.
>
>Vladimir Titov wrote:
>A week ago or so, there was another discussion on the board about
>organizational issues of the ABRF mailing lists. I think that most if not
>all of them might be resolved by moving the conference to a webboard. In
>comparison with a mailing list, the webboard provides the following
>advantages:
>- flexible division of the discussion board by topics and subtopics
>- flexible moderation (all, or selected, or none topics may be moderated;
>any number of moderators may be assigned)
>-flexible user registration (may be required or not required, by
>self-registration or by request to the moderator, settable for each topic)
>-less spam problems
>-access to new messages and the archive at one place.
>-immediate posting
>-search feature
>-and much more.
>Also, many webboards have an option of e-mailing new posts (this is also
>configurable by each registered user). Moreover, some system may accept
>posts by E-mail what allows to make the webboard almost undifferent from a
>mailing list.
>Finally, I have a US-based web site (www.biotm.com) and experience in
>installation, configuration and administration of a webboard system
>(namely, Discus) and I am ready to administer such board for ABRF.
>If you are interested, you may take a look at the test board (I have
>installed it about 6 months ago for other purposes) at www.biotm.com/forum.
>You are free to post and read any messages there or try self registration.
>Current version of free Discus supports posts by e-mail; and its commercial
>version has even more features.
>
>
>Vladimir Titov,
>Bokiron Ltd., Moscow, Russsia
>vmtitov@aha.ru
>
Theodore W. Thannhauser, Ph.D.
Director, BioResource Center
Rm. 149 Biotechnology Building
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853-2703
Phone: (607) 254-4850
FAX: (607) 254-4847
Email: tt34@cornell.edu
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