[Communications] Forum on Website

[Amy Olson]

It looks like the 14 day free trial does not require a credit card.

It’s a highly rated company at first glance and I like that it’s hosted on Website Toolbox’s server and the maintenance is included in the monthly fee.

As an idea, we could launch this as a ‘beta’ and when and if we decide to move forward with a formal CCGA membership program, this resource forum could become part of the package of benefits.

Amy

> On Apr 29, 2019, at 11:13 AM, Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This sounds exciting. Does the 14 day free require anything beyond that? Sometimes you just get the leader but have to then take at least a few months.
> 
> This free trial would at least give us tome to go to coordinating committee and finance committee for approval.
> 
> Lorraine
> 
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 10:59 AM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com <mailto:akeo at me.com>> wrote:
> Hi Lorraine, JW and Julie,
> 
> I did some research and found this ‘forum’ plug in for Word Press:
> https://wordpress.org/plugins/website-toolbox-forums/ <https://wordpress.org/plugins/website-toolbox-forums/>
> 
> This plug in would require participants to register on the CCGA website to participate.
> It costs $15/month and would be hosted on the vendor’s server, not the CCGA hosting server.
> 
> I feel this product could be beneficial if the goal is to create a 'CCGA Gardeners’ Resource Forum' and promote it beyond what Briana and Danielle are asking for as an extension of their workshop.
> 
> It’s free for 14 days, should we test it?
> 
> Does anyone know of a free alternative for setting up a forum?
> Perhaps a Google Group?
> 
> Amy
> 
> 
>> On Apr 23, 2019, at 6:08 PM, Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com <mailto:lxkells at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I finally had a phone conversation with Briana Villarubia who with Danielle Russell led the workshop, Organizing Your Garden Team- Ideas and Tools for Change.  As you may recall the presenters stated they never got to the heart of their presentation because everyone had problems to discuss. The take away from the conference was that the folks in the workshop wanted a forum where they and other gardeners could continue networking and post issues and gardeners with helpful solutions could post their suggestions and fixes. Both Briana and Danielle have made this clear in recent phone calls and email. I believe we misinterpreted what was being sought because we had not had a detailed conversation with either of them. I can go over the email attachment they sent or forward it. 
>> 
>> To be clear, these gardeners at the workshop were not soliciting a meeting, a workshop or anyget-together with CCGA nor do they seek to be led by CCGA. They want to communicate with each other in discussions unbound by presenters.  Obviously a forum would need an administrator that sees ensure people post respectfully. There would be a boiler plate about blocking a sender from future posts. This might be one of the website editors who gets an alert when posts are made or someone checks on it once a week.  I don't really know how this gets set up but I hope we can try it out. 
>> 
>> Please feel free to communicate with Briana or Danielle if you feel this needs more input from them. Anyone willing to take this to our website?
>> 
>> Lorraine
>> 
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