RE: [rp-ml] Please respond off list!

Removing the need to login to read the forum is a good way to drag people in,
IMHO. Second time I go there and I wont bother to register before reading some
of it.

Cheers,

Ricardo

Date:Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:18:59 -0400
From: rhollis@quickparts.com
To: 'RP list' <rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi>
> RPML,
>
>
> These types of questions (DISCUSSIONS) are ideal for the discussion
> system within the Rapid Manufacturing Community (www.rapidmfg.org).
>
>
> The community is designed to make it easy to post topics by anyone
> AND allow the member to CONTROL how they get content (email/no
> email, etc.)…..
>
>
> Also, the discussions are held in a repository that will make it
> reference information for the future…..this repeats redundant
> discussions and allows for active discussions to grow.
>
>
> I realize there is a reluctance to “move our cheese” however,
> Communities are the 21st century version of mail lists of the 90’s.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ron
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> From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On
> Behalf Of Robert D. Crangle
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 10:09 PM
> To: 'Bob Olsen'; 'Hauser, Carl'; 'RP list'
> Subject: RE: [rp-ml] Please respond off list!
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>
> Also agreed.
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>
> Bob Crangle
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> From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On
> Behalf Of Bob Olsen Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 5:09 PM To: Hauser,
> Carl; RP list Subject: RE: [rp-ml] Please respond off list!
>
>
> Agreed, a lot of this information is useful and interesting.
> Cheers, Bob
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>
> From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On
> Behalf Of Hauser, Carl Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 3:12 PM To: RP
> list Subject: [rp-ml] Please respond off list!
>
> Dear RPML'ers,
>
>
> We seem to be moving into a new phase where many rp-ml emails are
> asking for responses off list - surely this is missing the point of
> the mailing list. My view would be that the person replying should
> be the one to decide whether the content is appropriate for public
> or private viewing. Many emails, although not directly relevant to
> my work, are of general interest no matter how obscure some may be.
> It is often good to see what other people are doing / interested
> in by the questions they ask and the questions they reply to. Am I
> the only one thinking this way?
>
>
> Please respond on list!
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Carl.
>
>
> Dr Carl Hauser
> Department of Engineering
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Received on Sat Jul 26 18:14:32 2008