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I like Jason's idea.

L.

jason burch wrote:
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> Sebastian,
>
> /*This experience has revealed several problems to me, and with the rest
> of my tenure as president of the neighborhood association, I'd like to
> address some of these problems.*/
>
> */First things first, how many e-mail lists do we need?/*
>
> I have a suggestion there, but if there is one thing that really gets
> under my skin it is when someone makes a "suggestion" to me which is
> intended to make their lives far more convenient while making mine far
> less. I am therefore going to state in advance that I will help to
> implement the following idea if it is regarded as a good one.
>
> The NNA has a web site. How about we improve it, and include a
> legitimate discussion forum on that website. You open up the discussion
> forum and there is a list of threads organizing the various
> discussions: "Howard's Nursery Development"; "Neighborhood Crime";
> "Skyview Variance Request".
>
> When someone starts a new thread, I get a single e-mail that says "New
> Thread. Ridgetop Fundraiser". When a thread is active, I get a single
> e-mail that says "New Post. Neighborhood Crime". I get a single e-mail
> no matter how many posts are added to that thread, and I only get a new
> e-mail when posts are made _after_ my last log in.
>
> Anyone can read the forum, but only residents can comment. (You have a
> new members login that requires a physical as well as e-mail address to
> join.) If you are worried about prying eyes--i.e., developers whose
> motives we are cynically discussing--then be reminded that if they are
> savvy enough to snoop through the future NNA forum, then they are
> probably savvy enough to go to the NNA website today and simply sign up
> for the nndl.
>
> You preserve entire discussions in the cache, so that when someone
> eventually complains that neighborhood projects "were kept secret from
> them", they can be referred to a thread that details the entire debate
> that occurred long before they began paying attention.
>
> Save the lists for the "free kittens" and "Does anyone know a plumber"
> e-mails, but keep the critical debates in the forum.
>
> I have a business and a home in the neighborhood, and I am interested in
> relevant events that are happening around me. I would like to be
> informed about development and crime from Hyde Park to Skyview, I-35 to
> Lamar. I have already made up my mind about the Howard's Nursery
> project, but I received a discouraging onslaught of e-mails over the
> weekend from people trying to make up other people's minds. There has
> got to be a better way to go about this to promote new membership and
> new opinions. At the very least, we would be an _organized_ haggling
> fracas as opposed to a bunch of amateur squabblers.
>
> This would take some work to execute. Again, I would be more than
> willing to take the lead on the project.
>
> Everyone have a nice day. Jason
>
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