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FW: Reminder: Topica goes away on July 1
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Bro-@hughes.net
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Jun 26, 2007 17:40 PDT
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Just a reminder that this group is moving to Yahoo and Topica will be shut
down on July 1. John Hughes has already moved to Yahoo.
* On Yahoo we can still talk politics, ultracycling, RAAM, etc. However
there are a couple of new limitations: no personal attacks and no offensive
language.
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ultracycling-talk
* At the the membership's request we established a second forum at Google
where the conversation is limited to ultracycling. All UMCA announcements
will be posted to Google. If it seems appropriate an announcement may also
be posted to Yahoo.
On Google http://groups.google.com/group/ultracyclists?hl=en
Everyone got an invitation to join the Google group in February.
Everyone got an invitation to join the Yahoo group in May.
You are free to join either one, both, or none. If someone deleted the
original e-mail of invitation, please send a note to Terry Brown, the
listservs manager. Tell him *exactly* which list(s) you want to join and he
will invite you:
bro-@hughes.net
In a message dated 6/15/07 8:16:35 PM, UMC-@aol.com writes:
The Executive Committee of the UMCA put together a communication plan in the
interests of promoting full and open discussion of any and all issues . . .
while at the same time providing a forum dedicated to the discussion of
ultracycling.
I. Two complementary forums:
Last February we established the concept of two different domains for
discussion.
The town square is an important forum for discussion of whatever issues the
subscribers wish to discuss. Free speech reigns. Anybody can walk into the
square and talk about anything. UMCA politics, the e-mail chat lists,
ultracycling, RAAM, etc., etc. It's important to maintain this forum and
the UMCA supports this forum.
Responding to requests from members we also established a second forum where
the conversation is limited to ultracycling. Some members perceive that the
first forum is dominated by political discussions without much discussion of
the sport itself.
The town square is the Topica listserv
We set up the rec center on Google at: ultracy-@googlegroups.com
At my request Terry invited everyone on Topica to join the group. . . . but
if someone starts talking politics we'll ask you to leave.
Currently the Google group has about 400 members and 464 open invitations.
This is a forum where a person's political opinions truly don't matter. As
long as someone wants to talk about ultracycling itself he or she is
welcome. For example, some candidates for the Board of Directors have
chosen to join the forum, e.g., Nick Gerlich, Mavis Irwin and Doug Sloan;
others have chosen not to join.
II Migration to Yahoo
About six weeks ago people started complaining loudly about the Topica
service - slow posts, redundant posts, etc. I asked Terry Brown to set up:
New Town square at Yahoo. We can still talk politics, ultracycling, RAAM,
etc. However there are a couple of new limitations: no personal attacks
and no offensive language. Terry sent everyone on Topica an invititation to
join the new Town Square at Yahoo. Terry's also setting up access to the
Topica archives.
Why Yahoo? The recent thread on Topica shows the potential for confusion
between the two different chat groups. . . and having both the Rec Center
and the Town Hall on Google would be *very* confusing. We often say "I read
. . " or "I posted . . ." on Topica. And we say the same about the rec
center "I read . . ." "I saw . . . " on Google. We'll keep the distinction
clean by having the town square on Yahoo.
In sum:
The UMCA is committed to maintaining both forums because each serves a
legitimate purpose.
The new Town Square is open at:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/ultracycling-talk
Topica will close on July 1.
The Rec Center is open at:
http://groups.google.com/group/ultracyclists?hl=en
All UMCA announcements will be posted to Google. If it seems appropriate an
announcement may also be posted to Yahoo.
Everyone got an invitation to join the Rec Center at Google in February.
Everyone got an invitation to join the new Town Square at Yahoo in May.
You are free to join either one, both, or none. If someone deleted the
original e-mail of invitation, please send a note to Terry. Tell him
*exactly* which list(s) you want to join and he will invite you:
bro-@hughes.net
For further information on the concept of the two forums please go to:
ultracycling.com/about/umca_communications.html
Thank you for your patience in the migration to Yahoo. The overall goal is
to improve communications for the community.
cheers,
John Hughes
Managing Director
UMCA
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