After reading comments from some members about the new Finlander Forum, I counted the members (118) and noticed 73 have never participated or written anything. That doesn't sound good for the future of the list. If it closes down, what are we going to do? There isn't another comparable list. Some of us belong to Finngen, but participation of members there isn't much more than on Finlander. We know that on Finngen mail has to be confined to genealogy. There's no allowance made for stories, pictures, chit-chat, recipes, etc. which are allowable on Finlander. There are no family trees and ahnentafels on Finngen such as we have on Finlander.
I'll admit that when I first checked into the new forum I almost convinced myself that I didn't like it and would never find my way around. I probably am the oldest member on Finlander and I don't know beans about computers. But I've been learning for 20 years and I'm determined to master this list. If I can do it, I'm sure the rest of you can, too. I've been stuck more than once, but Hasse is good about helping.
I think we have to give some serious thought about whether we want to keep the list going or close it. And if we let it close, what then? Hasse has said that because of security risks, we can't keep the old list going so we can't have it both ways. He has put so much work into the Forum and I admit it's one of the best lists on the Net. So let's show some support for Hasse and the list.
Thanks.
June
I'll admit that when I first checked into the new forum I almost convinced myself that I didn't like it and would never find my way around. I probably am the oldest member on Finlander and I don't know beans about computers. But I've been learning for 20 years and I'm determined to master this list. If I can do it, I'm sure the rest of you can, too. I've been stuck more than once, but Hasse is good about helping.
I think we have to give some serious thought about whether we want to keep the list going or close it. And if we let it close, what then? Hasse has said that because of security risks, we can't keep the old list going so we can't have it both ways. He has put so much work into the Forum and I admit it's one of the best lists on the Net. So let's show some support for Hasse and the list.
Thanks.
June
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