ARIZONA email list, Building a list to keep people informed Options

[snflupigus]

http://thirdgen.org/techbb2/

what about "regional boards"

Now i dont suggest that we have ALL those individual boards, thirdgen.org has 41k members vs us with 4k (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

[ThinAir]

QUOTE (MW 914 @ Sep 27 2005, 10:28 AM)

Does this create one more place that I have to go to check for messages?

No, only if you choose to have it that way. I believe the default is for you to receive individual email messages so that all you have to do is check your email. If you choose to receive daily digests instead of individual emails then you won't get as many messages, but it's still just a matter of checking your email.

[Gint]

I suggested that a coupla weeks ago. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)


We aren't going to set up regional forums on this board. For the same reason that we've hashed and rehashed over and oever and over again. We want everyone on the main forum. It's what gives this board it's character.


I started the Colorado yahoo group email list in November 2002. It's a huge success and works much better than a web forum for organizing local stuff. It started it by gathering email addresses form rennlist days of people that I knew were in Colorado. When the list of people went past 25 it got too hard to manage, so the yahoo groups llist was born. Now we have 83 members and most of them aren't on 914world.com. But we've added to 914club membership by posting links to pics of events that are on this site (like RRC) and what not. It's been my experience that the folks that like the web based forum sign up, the ones that want to keep it simple (KISS principal) do not. But that's OK, because they still can get 914 comraderie and we have a lot of fun together. As much as we'd like to think that everyone is a 'puter 'spert, it really ain't so. Some people don't even want to deal with email. Keep it simple and you can grow the membership.


Ernie,

FYI - You (or the list owner and the assigned moderators) can also add members to the list without them having yahoo ID's. That's what I did at first. But that became an issue when we wanted to take advantage of the yahoogroups web site features and for that you have to have a yahoo ID. In the long run, you're better off having them sign up for yahoo. But if you run into the hard core "I don't understand that 'puter crap" person, you can just add their email address to the list through the management interface.

Sorry for the long fat .02 opinion. Do with it what you will.

[ThinAir]

Thanks for chiming in on this Mike. It's good to hear from the voice of experience. The goal is to build 914 comraderie by making it easy to get local folks together. If it worked for Colorado, I think it can work for Arizona as well.

P.S. - I missed your post a couple of weeks ago and just now found it. I was so focussed on RRC stuff that I just blew right past it! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif)

This post has been edited by ThinAir914: Sep 27 2005, 04:51 PM

[gregrobbins]

Just signed up. Already five members. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) I am going to post some photos from some of the AZ 914 get togethers.

[shoguneagle]

I have been away for a while and am just getting back into the swing of 914 activities. I have moved from Santa Clara, CA to Flagstaff, AZ; and, I also belong to the Colorado contingent list.

Follow exactly what Glint has done and we can build a subelement of Arizona within the 914club. I enjoy all the activities that all the elements of the 914club and its differenting memberships across the nation and the world.

You can add my name to the Arizona List. Do not have a 914 since I sold mine when we moved but am working on obtaining a project one.

I can travel and participate in events in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington.

The 914Club is one of the best activities I have seen. I read the threads whenever I can. Thanks to all the members and key leaders for making this the best sports car web site available.

Thanks Andy, Glint, Brad, and the many others who deserve recognition for all their efforts in making this the best "sports car club" on the internet. There is not enough time or space to list all the people who deserve to be mentioned, but I believe they know who they are. Anyway, thanks for your efforts.

These are my thoughts.

Steve Hurt
Shoguneagle

[TravisNeff]

Welcome Steve! Hope to meet you at one of the AZ events.

I'm on the yahoo list now too

[gregrobbins]

Steve, hook up with Ernie who also lives in Flagstaff. There are three or more cars for sale in the Phoenix area. One or two in Tucson too. Post what you are looking for in the Classified area.

[ThinAir]

An update on the Arizona email list:

The list got spammed by someone so I deleted their membership, deleted the message, and changed the list to moderated membership. Members may still post messages freely. (I'm not going to get into the game of moderating content.) All this changes is that when someone joins the list, I have to approve their membership before they are actually a member.

When Greg started this idea he asked folks to send him their email address to be included on the list. I've now invited all those people to become members if they were not already on the list. Just in case someone may not want to be on a Yahoo! list, I decided to invite them and not just add them to the list.

I'm hoping that the Arizona gang will spread the news about this to anyone who isn't here on 914club to see this topic. The more contacts, the better!

[EMRoadster]

I believe Greg has my email address from his sending me a welcome to this list. I'd enjoy getting together with some AZ 914 folk now and then but currently my car is only Flintstone powered. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

Though when it is under it's own power, it won't be street legal. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
That's when I hope to meet and compete with some other teeners. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

[ThinAir]

QUOTE (EMRoadster @ Oct 3 2005, 09:27 PM)

I believe Greg has my email address from his sending me a welcome to this list.

Greg, you are one of the people I invited tonight. If I goofed and didn't send you the invite, then just click on the link in my signature.

[EMRoadster]

QUOTE (ThinAir914 @ Oct 3 2005, 08:45 PM)

QUOTE (EMRoadster @ Oct 3 2005, 09:27 PM) I believe Greg has my email address from his sending me a welcome to this list. Greg, you are one of the people I invited tonight. If I goofed and didn't send you the invite, then just click on the link in my signature.

Thanks, I just signed up and awaiting approval (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif)