Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Important PSUBS Info - Please Read

[Jon Wallace <jon@psubs.org>]

Hi Dariusz,

I don't think it will be that bad.  The member-only forums will be 
archived similarly to the current mailing list and publicly available.  
Non-members won't get that information delivered to them personally, and 
won't be able to participate in a member-only discussion, but they can 
search for information in the archives or just keep up with all the 
member-only discussions by reading the archives at their leisure.  It's 
not our goal to make the public email forum only an entry point for 
general questions, and if a non-member starts an interesting discussion 
in the public forum I expect that is where you'll see both members and 
non-members participating in the discussion.  The amount of 
participation in any email forum (public or member-only) will be 
determined by how interesting a topic is, not whether it is a 
member-only forum or not.

We've maintained free access to the information, but also supported 
those who want more targeted, in-depth discussions, within a different 
environment.

Jon


Dariusz Hoffmann wrote:
> I knew it... I disagree with this idea. It will limit free access to
> the more advanced knowledge and topics of mailing list. If your goal
> is making this list an entry point to general questions by newcommers,
> you should expect that less people will have an interest of reading it
> and participating in it. The greatest thing now, the greatest power of
> psubs organization is sharing the advanced knowledge with people from
> all over the world. I am not an opponent of geting some membership
> advantages by paying for it. But limiting an acces to more advanced
> knowledge for those who will not pay is something that I cannot
> accept.
>
> Kind Regards
> Darek Hoffmann
>   



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