Re: [UG-ADMINS] Using Google Groups for user group mailing lists?

Ben,

The reason I chose to use Google Groups for KnoxPyPHP is a simple one,
it's rewarding to run a PUG but not so rewarding to have to spend time
maintaining, marketing, and supporting the little tools used by the
Group.  Google has a platform that's well exposed and freely available
for use, it served our needs because we only needed a discussion group,
I'm still hosting our Blog (and really need to finish it) but we use
Google apps for mail and so forth so it only made sense.

Shawn Stratton
Knoxville Python & PHP User Group
http://knoxpyphp.org

On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 14:52 -0400, Ben Ramsey wrote:
> Atlanta PHP recently migrated to Google Groups (from our own hosted 
> Mailman instance) for our mailing lists. I also found out that DC PHP 
> recently moved to Google Groups, as well, and Hans (of NYPHP) mentioned 
> to me that other groups have done the same and was wondering about the 
> rationale for the moves.
> 
> What do you use for your mailing lists? Why? If you've moved your lists 
> to something like Google Groups, why did you do so, and what did you 
> move away from?
> 
> -- 
> Ben Ramsey
> Atlanta PHP
> atlantaphp.org
>