[Communications] Forum on Website

[Lorraine Kells]

Yes, I agree.  Do you need more input ie. emails from the workshop
registration to notify those folks of this forum?  Do you need a an
introductory piece?

Lorraine

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 11:50 AM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:

> 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> 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/
>>
>> 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> 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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