Re: Forum status

Lindsay,

Good to hear from you. I checked the status and you are still active on 
the eccopro list as a moderator.

That's great!

The time zone difference will give us a bit more coverage as well.


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Maranatha!

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On 4/20/2017 7:47 AM, Lindsay Graham [email protected] [eccopro] wrote:
> Pastor Don and r634718 have both made some good points below and my
> comments here are a response to both messages.
>
> I think you are both right in saying that it is time the 2 groups came
> together again.  I am one of the moderators of the original group, and I
> was actively involved in the discussions with the other moderators
> around the time the second group was formed.  I always thought that the
> split should never have happened, but it is history now and r634718 is
> right in saying that the Ecco community would be better served if we let
> the original group fade away and encourage members who have not already
> joined the second group to do so.  Two asides:
>
>    * yes, r634718, a great pity that both groups have continued with
>      Yahoo -- enough said!
>    * I'm intrigued that the term 'forum' is being used to describe what I
>      would always call an email list or mailing list to distinguish it
>      from the forums where one has to go to the website to contribute or
>      to see what others have had to say.
>
> Don, I've not been active as a moderator for a long time -- I used to do
> some approvals (membership, posts etc) but in recent years, someone
> (Friedhelm?) had always got there before me, so I gave up trying.  But
> I'm happy to become more active again if it would help to have 2 of us
> looking after those things that need to be done.  You may wish to
> contact me privately about that.
>
> Long live Ecco!!
>
> Lindsay Graham
> Canberra, Australia
>
>
> ----------Original message----------
> From: r634718-/[email protected] [eccopro] <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: 19/4/17 14:01
> Subject: [eccopro] Re: Forum status
>> Hi Pastor Don...
>>
>> Thank you for posting this here and taking the initiative to update
>> everyone on the status of this group since the sad passing of our
>> friend Friedhelm.  Your help in this -- not to mention your many years
>> of service to the Ecco community -- is greatly appreciated.  I can't
>> help with any way to contact either Nick or Tom, but sadly my
>> recollection about Tom is the same as yours.  I haven't seen anything
>> from either of them in years.
>>
>> I think you are making the right recommendation about consolidating on
>> the ecco_pro group and advising everyone to move there.  Although I
>> understand the history and reasons, and always respected both camps, I
>> think the split group has been a source of tension for a long time and
>> has cast a bit of a shadow over the community.  Not only do I think it
>> would serve the community better to have a single group (even if it
>> has to be in a lousy Yahoo forum!), but it would be more effi cient
>> and maybe put some of that tension behind us once and for all.
>>
>> And, speaking for myself at least, it just seems kind of sad to be
>> here without Friedhelm.  Seems fitting to me that this forum should be
>> frozen as a respectful memorial to him.  But that's just a personal
>> view and I don't mean to suggest that it would be disrespectful if a
>> decision is made to keep it active.
>>
>> Anyway, thank you for stepping in, stepping up, and giving us all some
>> good guidance in this transition.
>>
>>
> ----------Original message----------
> From: Don Johnson [email protected] [eccopro] <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: 19/4/17 05:54
> Subject: [eccopro] Forum status
>> Eccopro groupies,
>>
>> the recent activity here leads me to think a comment ought to be made
>> with respect to the status of this forum.
>>
>> As you may be aware, Friedhelm Dohmann, the list owner, passed away
>> recently. He was the only active owner, Nick Gordon, long time ecco
>> afficionado and the founder of this forum, if I recall correctly, is
>> apparently not active, I haven't been able to contact him at all by
>> e-mail. I don't know if he looks in here any longer. Tom Hoots is
>> listed as the other owner, but I seem to recall that Tom had some
>> health problems some years ago, or perhaps even worse. In any case, he
>> hasn't been active in a long, long time.
>>
>> Of the other moderators (three at present) I think I am the only one
>> who is active.
>>
>> So...
>>
>> If you are not also a member of the ecco_pro forum
>> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ecco_pro/info>, I would encourage
>> you to join there. I am a moderator there also, and the group is
>> active. There are more people who can respond to requests for help
>> there than there are here, apparently. There is a fair amount of
>> technical talk that is way over my head. I just look at it and ignore
>> it. I use both forums as resources to help keep me up to speed on ecco.
>>
>> I don't know what the future of this group will be. I am able to
>> approve memberships and posts, change some statuses, but I don't have
>> ownership authority. I am limited in my time (aren't we all!) so you
>> will likely find that anything needing approval may get stuck waiting
>> for me to show up for some hours. And other times, I will happen to be
>> at the computer at the right time, and approve it right away. So
>> things will limp along until Yahoo kicks us out, I guess.
>>
>> But for more active help, I would definitely encourage you to join the
>> ecco_pro forum as I said. I think the ecco community is rather small,
>> but there are still a few enthusiasts who keep it somewhat lively.
>>
>> Maranatha!
>> Pastor Don Johnson
>>
>
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