Re: Technical content of RAFP vs APD

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Technical content of RAFP vs APD
From: George Booth <booth at hpmtlgb1_lvld.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 10:32:06 -0700
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 18 Feb 1996 15:39:02 EST." <199602182039.PAA17425 at looney_actwin.com>

There has been a discussion of the quality of the postings and 
technical depth of the plants newsgroup vs the plant mailing list. 

It may surprise you to find out that the quality and depth of postings
are due to the people who post them and not the forum.  Since all the
"experts" have gravitated to the APD in the recent months, there is
more technical information here.  And since it takes "newbies" a
while to discover the existance of the APD, there are fewer beginner
questions here.  I also suspect that the beginners are somewhat
intimidated by the technical discussions and are afraid to post.  This
is NOT a good thing. 

Also, the suggestion that the list membership be restricted is
completely off base.  The last thing this forum needs is to become a
"good old boys" club.  I think at this point we all know each other
and know what each other's opinions are and there is not a lot of
point to endlessly repeating them.  We need new voices and a
membership restiction is not a good way to get them.

We can have just as "meaningful" discussions in the newgroup as we can
here.  Sure, there will be immature postings but these can be ignored. 
But the mechanics of the newgroup is far superior to this mailing
list, especially with all the weirdness recently. 

I, for one, have limited time to read and reply and I prefer the
newsgroup. 

George in Sunny Northern Colorado