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<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Just for the records, I attach the
result of the poll: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- A huge majority of users doesn't seem
to care how the list is organized and didn't even vote <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>- Among the few who voted, only 4 out of
30 are in favor of transforming the list into a forum; the majority wants to
keep it, but is interested in adding other means of communication /
documentation (if someone else does it)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Marcus' idea of a wiki / wikibook comes
in nicely here - however, the contributions in the discussion section (<a
href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Talk:TRNSYS">http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Talk:TRNSYS</a>
) have not been overwhelming so far...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>I guess everyone <i>planned</i> to
contribute <i>some day soon</i>, just like me :-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Werner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>-----Message d'origine-----<br>
De : keilholz, werner <br>
Envoyé : jeudi 22 avril 2010 10:57<br>
À : duffy@tess-inc.com; bdo@stb.rwth-aachen.de; trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu<br>
Objet : RE: [TRNSYS-users] Kind request for a more "up-to-date"
user forum<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Setting up a forum is not very complicated. I made this
one (about free maps for GPS systems, nothing to do with TRNSYS) for a personal
project in less than 5 minutes and it is free (except for the commercials):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>http://maplorer.forumotion.com/english-discussions-about-maplorer-f3/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I sure could do one for TRNSYS.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>However, I'm not sure this is really a good idea:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Getting mail tends to make people react more than if you
have to pull info from a forum. I like the 'real-time' aspect of the current
list.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>(It is possible to subscribe to threads on forums, but
some people don't understand how it works and find it complicated).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Personally I like the good, old mailing list. And as Matt
says, there's always the archive and nothing beats Google for search it. You
can use filters in your mail program to automatically tag/archive the messages.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>How about a vote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>http://software.cstb.fr/trnsys_vote.html<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Werner<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>-----Message d'origine-----<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>De : Matt Duffy [mailto:duffy@tess-inc.com] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Envoyé : jeudi 22 avril 2010 00:21<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>À : bdo@stb.rwth-aachen.de;
trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Objet : Re: [TRNSYS-users] Kind request for a more
"up-to-date" user forum<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Bernd Döring,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Thank you for expressing your concern for the TRNSYS
Users Email list. I<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>am not sure if you are aware, but you can indeed search
(from your<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>internet browser) and follow old threads in the archives
section.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/trnsys-users/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Some ideas have been suggested, and I invite your
suggestions as well. I<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>will make sure to share them with the TRNSYS users group.
Unfortunately, I<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>can only assume that the group does not have the
resources to maintain a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>thorough forum, but any ideas are welcome.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Matt Duffy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>----- Original Message -----<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>From: "Bernd Döring"
<bdo@stb.rwth-aachen.de><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 3:31<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Subject:[TRNSYS-users] Kind request for a more
"up-to-date" user forum<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Dear TRNSYS expert,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>we had the discussions some month ago, but I will come
back to this<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>point again:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>A more powerful and user-friendly way of organising the
exchange between<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>the users is highly requested. The e-mail traffic is not
clearly<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>arranged, it is difficult to follow specific threads and
so on. Numerous<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>(also very small) clubs or associations offer such
services in the internet.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Who is able and who is responsible to improve this
important objective?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>What kind of support is needed?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Bernd Döring.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>TRNSYS-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>TRNSYS-users@cae.wisc.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/trnsys-users<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>TRNSYS-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>TRNSYS-users@cae.wisc.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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