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Hi All,
Over the last few years a number of people have approached me about
moving ELCO away from being a mailing list to using forums.
Personally I'm not a great fan of them, but can see their benefits and
realise that if we moved to them the membership will suddenly rocket
which obviously has advantages and disadvantages.
Many of you are aware of the Land Cruiser forums at TLOC and many of
you are members there. You will probably also have picked up on the
fact that several of the members at TLOC aren't happy with the way that
it is being run and so they have splintered off to forum a new club
with new forums.
I have now reached a point when I really don't have the time to spare
on building ELCO and I am also getting nudges (he's a friend so they
don't hurt!) from my hosting service to move to either other mailing
list software or forums.
Now I could move ELCO over to other mailing list software, but in this
day and age most new members struggle to get to grips with the nuances
of mailing lists so I suspect the club will just continue to remain
quite quiet.
I have been looking at some software that provides combined mailing
list and forum software and apart from really crappy sales staff not
ringing me back, I get the impression that the software will be quite
expensive.
SO this leads me to conclude that in order for ELCO to survive I really
do think it needs to move to straight forums.
Now I could move ELCO over to forums myself, but then we have the issue
who is going to run it.
Combined with the lack of time, since I run a Land Cruiser business I
think there is a major conflict of interest, so it would be good to get
others on board to help out.
So, this brings me back to the 'splinter' club - I have suggested to
them that they merge with ELCO, well actually take over ELCO.
The suggestions is that we link through to their forums and all members
past and present are then given the opportunity to sign up to them.
Eventually after a couple of months the ELCO mailing list will be
closed.
All the messages going back to 2004 when we setup ELCO would be
archived on the new forums.
I would continue to be involved in running the new club, but in a much
diluted capacity and I would also continue to organise the weekend
events, push on the PR front, etc.
The only sticking point at the moment is the name. The splinter club
is called simply 'Land Cruiser Club' or 'LCC' - obviously I would
prefer to see them adopt the more established ELCO monica.
If it doesn't work out, I probably will crack on with moving ELCO over
to forums unless I can strike a good deal for the combined mailing
list/forum software.
At the end of the day it is really up to you guys and girls. So, if
you have any thoughts on the matter, please let me know either posting
here or by giving me a call.
I'll b e making some announcements in the next few days about the next
ELCO Weekend (the weekend after easter!!) and would like to combine ith
with an announcement about the club's future.
So either drop me a line or give me a call. I am pretty busy over the
weekend (particularly the evenings) otherwise you can call me on the
number below.
I look forward to hearing from you.
--
Regards,
Julian Voelcker
0845 508 6863
Ledbury, Herefordshire. UK
1994 HDJ80, 2.5" OME Lift and a lot of goodies.
Over the last few years a number of people have approached me about
moving ELCO away from being a mailing list to using forums.
Personally I'm not a great fan of them, but can see their benefits and
realise that if we moved to them the membership will suddenly rocket
which obviously has advantages and disadvantages.
Many of you are aware of the Land Cruiser forums at TLOC and many of
you are members there. You will probably also have picked up on the
fact that several of the members at TLOC aren't happy with the way that
it is being run and so they have splintered off to forum a new club
with new forums.
I have now reached a point when I really don't have the time to spare
on building ELCO and I am also getting nudges (he's a friend so they
don't hurt!) from my hosting service to move to either other mailing
list software or forums.
Now I could move ELCO over to other mailing list software, but in this
day and age most new members struggle to get to grips with the nuances
of mailing lists so I suspect the club will just continue to remain
quite quiet.
I have been looking at some software that provides combined mailing
list and forum software and apart from really crappy sales staff not
ringing me back, I get the impression that the software will be quite
expensive.
SO this leads me to conclude that in order for ELCO to survive I really
do think it needs to move to straight forums.
Now I could move ELCO over to forums myself, but then we have the issue
who is going to run it.
Combined with the lack of time, since I run a Land Cruiser business I
think there is a major conflict of interest, so it would be good to get
others on board to help out.
So, this brings me back to the 'splinter' club - I have suggested to
them that they merge with ELCO, well actually take over ELCO.
The suggestions is that we link through to their forums and all members
past and present are then given the opportunity to sign up to them.
Eventually after a couple of months the ELCO mailing list will be
closed.
All the messages going back to 2004 when we setup ELCO would be
archived on the new forums.
I would continue to be involved in running the new club, but in a much
diluted capacity and I would also continue to organise the weekend
events, push on the PR front, etc.
The only sticking point at the moment is the name. The splinter club
is called simply 'Land Cruiser Club' or 'LCC' - obviously I would
prefer to see them adopt the more established ELCO monica.
If it doesn't work out, I probably will crack on with moving ELCO over
to forums unless I can strike a good deal for the combined mailing
list/forum software.
At the end of the day it is really up to you guys and girls. So, if
you have any thoughts on the matter, please let me know either posting
here or by giving me a call.
I'll b e making some announcements in the next few days about the next
ELCO Weekend (the weekend after easter!!) and would like to combine ith
with an announcement about the club's future.
So either drop me a line or give me a call. I am pretty busy over the
weekend (particularly the evenings) otherwise you can call me on the
number below.
I look forward to hearing from you.
--
Regards,
Julian Voelcker
0845 508 6863
Ledbury, Herefordshire. UK
1994 HDJ80, 2.5" OME Lift and a lot of goodies.