Agree with Ulrich. Keeping a website, emails etc., safe from being hacked and in good order is a lot of work and I am grateful, even as a lapsed member. The knowledge shared so freely with us all is priceless. Lesley On Sun, Feb 12, 2023, 5:21 PM Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hello Ottoline, Robert and hello All, > > Having read the comments on the email list in the recent postings, I would > like to mention some points. > > It was a thoroughly discussed and long prepared decision of the board to > start the forum. Within the email list there was more and more criticism > that it was technically outdated and very many people had difficulties in > posting pictures or did not succeed at all. Every time this happened the > issue was taken on individually by our webmaster David who is working in > the background, mostly invisible but still like clockwork. Please consider > his workload which had to be reduced. So pictures can no longer be posted > in the old email list. The management of an email list is also a time > consuming process handled by several members, invisible and in the > background as well. > > All this is much easier with a forum, demanding much less manpower. > > Those of you who receive the list in digest form (like me) will have > sighed not only once about the chain of replies to replies to replies…… > often difficult to find the actual new message; that alone was a reason to > do something about it. > > We are aware that the transition to the new forum may be difficult for > some participants. Speaking for myself I found it difficult too and I have > always liked the email list. My very first start with a computer, internet > and email was with this list and the Pacific Bulb Society. I am not the > youngest and I am for sure not a computer nerd…… > But now I find the forum easy to use. > We have offered help, this offer is still valid, please contact one of the > board members if you need assistance. > For those of you who have not yet dared themselves into the forum, it is > very easy, just try. I counted the clicks, you need 3 (three) after opening > the PBS website. After these three clicks you can see loads of good > pictures, or participate in discussions. (Open the website, Click on Forum, > then for example on Current Photographs and another click on February > Photos will open many current pictures. You can click on any pictures to > enlarge it. That would be the fourth click…… > > I also needed help several times at some points which was always given in > the same friendly way as usual. > > Bye for now > > Uli > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…