yes

> On Jan 7, 2020, at 6:11 AM, Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> I thought the discussion a year or two ago was that it would be a forum / 
> email list hybrid?  
> 
> On Jan 7, 2020, at 12:54 AM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us 
> <mailto:af...@zirkel.us>> wrote:
> 
>> I don’t use the book of face so I’m unfamiliar.
>> 
>> I think wispa should offer every opportunity for us to communicate and not 
>> limit it to just forums.  Forums are get for knowledge base/tech support 
>> type stuff because you have   a threaded searchable archive.  But it’s a 
>> repository of knowledge, not a communications platform for interactive daily 
>> stuff.  I check wispa, animal farm and NANOG email lists multiple times a 
>> day.  Cambium went to forums which makes sense for a solutions provider so 
>> that they have the searchable database, but I go there maybe monthly to 
>> check for new software or known issues.  But I’m not very active in their 
>> community, mostly because I don’t have time to also go login and check a 
>> forum.  Email is constantly flowing my way and I interact with it all 
>> throughout the day.
>> 
>> One way to find out I guess is to gather some data.  Find out how many 
>> messages are currently being sent and then look at the data after it’s 
>> forums only.  My money is on a steep decline in engagement...I know 
>> personally I won’t be on there.  Not because I don’t want to be there, but 
>> it’s simply I don’t have the time to add yet another thing to go log into 
>> and check to my daily life.  
>> 
>> 2 cents 
>> 
>> -Sean
>> 
>> You can catch me on afmug (animal farm) or nanog 
>> 
>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 10:21 PM Daniel White <dwh...@atheral.com 
>> <mailto:dwh...@atheral.com>> wrote:
>> Yes it is going away to a forum.  Personally not a fan myself but demand 
>> seems to be more for forums than the mailing lists.  Will also make some of 
>> the committee work that happens easier so I have been told.
>> 
>> Most of the day to day conversation happens on Facebook anymore... was the 
>> only reason I ever signed up.  Not sure what was so wrong about e-mail :-)
>> 
>>      
>> Daniel White
>> Co-Founder & Managing Director of Operations
>> phone: +1 (702) 470-2766
>> direct: +1 (702) 470-2770
>> Ken Hohhof wrote on 1/6/20 19:10:
>>> You mean the main members list?  Where did you hear it was going away?
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On 
>>> Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 6, 2020 7:55 PM
>>> To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>
>>> Subject: [AFMUG] WISPA email list
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I thought the WISPA email list was going to be shut off.  But just now I 
>>> got an email.  Like to delete my folder once it is defunct. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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