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[Anner van Hardenbroek <dwlnetnl AT gmail.com>]

Hi,

I personally have actually no idea, yet. I'm primary listening and get in 
touch to the others.

Kind regards,
Anner

> Op 7 apr. 2014 om 20:46 heeft BlockAid DNS <webmaster AT blockaid.me> het 
> volgende geschreven:
> 
> ‎I've never been keen on mailing lists, but like you I can see why others 
> like them. I find them clunky. A forum has many benefits and would 
> technically be more private, since only mods or admins can see ip 
> addresses. Its also much easier to moderate and I don't have to get reams 
> of spam when there's an argument. :p 
> 
> One of my primary reasons for suggesting a forum is that most premium 
> scripts, IPB, Vb or xenforo come with inbuilt voting system. I used to run 
> a large community on IPB and there was a massive amount of functionality 
> for voting. I wouldn't allow people who weren't registered on the forum to 
> vote but i'd go for anonymous voting.
> 
> My reasons for proposing a forum are slightly selfish, but only because i'd 
> like to help run/maintain it. Been itching to try out xenforo for a while, 
> so my views are a tad biased. ;D‎ 
> 
> It would be nice to hear what those who have been specifically tasked with 
> reforming the voting system think. 
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>   Original Message  
> From: Calum McAlinden
> Sent: Monday, 7 April 2014 19:09
> To: discuss AT lists.opennicproject.org
> Reply To: discuss AT lists.opennicproject.org
> Subject: Re: [opennic-discuss] Voting System
> 
>> On 7 April 2014 18:54, BlockAid DNS <webmaster AT blockaid.me> wrote:
>> If i'm honest, I find the mailing list in general to be an ineffective way 
>> of managing a project on the scale of opennic. I tend to find it 
>> cumbersome and outdated. My guess is it probably puts off less techy users 
>> (not that the list is difficult to use) from participating in the project.
> 
> I agree; I would personally prefer a forum although I completely
> understand the attraction of a mailing list for some users. An example
> of some problems mailing lists cause is your message, HTML email with
> colours and a random attachment which some people find annoying. (I
> know your phone probably botched it, mine does too :)
> 
>> So if the voting system is going to be overhauled, why not do the list at 
>> the same time? My suggestion would be to convert the whole thing to a 
>> forum. It would make it far easier to monitor things, manage users, 
>> control voting etc. Best of all, it's public and easily accessible to 
>> anyone. Heck, i'll even host it for you for free!
>> 
>> Just my two cents while we're on the subject, be interesting to see what 
>> others think.
> 
> How does this proposed voting system work? Is it anonymous? I would be
> happy to help with implementing it if I can be of any help :)
> 
> -- 
> Calum McAlinden
> http://www.mcalinden.me.uk
> 
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