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<p>BLDG-SIM and eQUEST-users<br>
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<p>Sorry for the cross posting but this is a "meta" issue that I
would like feedback on.</p>
<p>As you may know, I've been running the BLDG-SIM for over 20 years
and eQUEST-users for 12 years as well as other mailing lists on <a
href="http://onebuilding.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://onebuilding.org&source=gmail&ust=1607105292782000&usg=AFQjCNHB-UnDEG3di38biBAIeTBldZHmHg">onebuilding.<span
class="il">org</span></a>. While the number of modelers has
greatly increased over the years, the community that participates
in these mailing lists has not. I believe part of that reason is
that mailing lists are not very attractive to younger modelers. I
would like to revitalize the sense of community that I have always
seen in modelers by changing BLDG-SIM and eQUEST-users as well as
some of the other onebuilding.org mailing lists to a web and phone
enabled forum called <span class="il">Discourse</span>:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.discourse.org/" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.discourse.org/&source=gmail&ust=1607105292782000&usg=AFQjCNFCUiYdTOvss3eFr4MJ1hfz4Zs4GA">https://www.<span
class="il">discourse</span>.<span class="il">org</span>/</a><br>
<br>
One nice thing about this type of forum is that for those used to
a mailing list, they can continue interacting just like a mailing
list but those more comfortable using a web-based or phone-based
forum can participate also.</p>
Example of the web/phone interface can be seen at:<br>
<p>
<a href="https://meta.discourse.org/" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://meta.discourse.org/&source=gmail&ust=1607105292788000&usg=AFQjCNEyZ1S4esW6h82gkqNuw3J_dRYnoQ">https://meta.<span
class="il">discourse</span>.<span class="il">org</span>/</a><br>
<br>
<a href="https://forum.golangbridge.org/" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forum.golangbridge.org/&source=gmail&ust=1607105292788000&usg=AFQjCNFWXoWPLVwQRiyYLSTh0QGIY4TvvA">https://forum.golangbridge.<span
class="il">org</span><wbr>/</a><br>
<br>
<a href="https://discourse.julialang.org/" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://discourse.julialang.org/&source=gmail&ust=1607105292788000&usg=AFQjCNEhNDIw9Xl5Sxp0GedpxAHjFrATOQ">https://<span
class="il">discourse</span>.julialang.or<wbr>g/</a><br>
<br>
<a href="https://discuss.atom.io/" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://discuss.atom.io/&source=gmail&ust=1607105292788000&usg=AFQjCNHhyT7ryyPBmrKZ9vpAnypHsx-y7Q">https://discuss.atom.io/</a></p>
<p>I'm thinking it would be a single Discourse forum but with
categories that correspond to the existing mailing lists and
perhaps some other categories. It would probably live at:</p>
<p> forum.onebuilding.org</p>
<p>or something like that.<br>
</p>
<p>The reason I'm bringing this up today is that I also help manage
the energyplus_support list hosted on Yahoo and on December 15,
Yahoo is going to shut down all of its mailing lists and one of
the transition options would be the same Discourse forum. <br>
</p>
<p>I know that unmethours.com has become a valuable resource to the
community for questions and answers but I believe that a forum for
discussion and announcements will continue to be important.
Announcements for jobs, training, events, etc.. as well as
discussion that does not fit in the question and answer format
continue to occur. <br>
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<p>Please let me know what you think and if you think that BLDG-SIM
and eQUEST-users as well as the other public mailing lists on
onebuilding.org should transition to a Discourse forum.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Jason<br>
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Jason Glazer, P.E., BEMP, GARD Analytics, 90.1 ECB chair
Admin for onebuilding.org building performance mailing lists
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