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may I suggest we call is North American WUDC? On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Coulter King < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just to clarify how email notifications work for phpBB forums (which is > the widely popular open source forum software that the APDA forum and most > other halfway decent forums use): > > - You could subscribe to get an email notification whenever a new > topic is posted anywhere > - You could subscribe to get an email notification whenever a new > topic is posted in a specific subforum (e.g., I only want to hear when > someone posts in a tournament announcements section, but not when people > are discussing other random issues) > - You could subscribe to get updates whenever new responses are posted > to individual topics > > None of these would include the actual text of posts, but the nice thing > is that this allows you to more easily filter out the stuff you don't care > about. In the case of APDA, most people don't really use the email alerts > and instead just check the forum every few days, subscribing to updates for > threads they really care about and ignoring the stuff that doesn't matter > to them (long theoretical discussions about different norms, updates about > tournaments they're not attending, etc.). > > And anyone would be able to join the forum, as they could an email list > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Josue Anderson <[log in to unmask] > > wrote: > >> Given the recent growth of Canadian integration within the west coast, >> will this forum be something that us Canucks can have access to? >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Samuel Ward-Packard >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > Hearing little resistance, I'm going to go ahead with this. >> > >> > To those of you who expressed a preference for email, it will certainly >> be >> > possible to subscribe to threads. That said, the point of a forum would >> in >> > large part be to transfer discussion of WUDC in the USA into a format >> more >> > conducive to organized discussion. As a regular user of both the APDA >> forum >> > and of this list, I promise it's a model you all will quickly grow to >> > prefer. >> > >> > Best, >> > >> > Sam >> > >> > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:29 PM, John Adams <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Fine with me. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Samuel Ward-Packard wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Dear WUDC debaters and coaches, >> >>> >> >>> It seems to me, and I know a lot of others on the circuit agree, that >> the >> >>> American BP community has outgrown this listserv. There are a number >> of >> >>> controversial issues that follow on the growth of American BP >> debating, and >> >>> discussion of them is not facilitated by long email chains. Moreover, >> as we >> >>> host more and bigger tournaments things like invitations and reg >> questions >> >>> clutter our inboxes more and more. As such, I propose the creation of >> a web >> >>> forum for the American WUDC community modeled after the thriving APDA >> forum. >> >>> I'd be happy to host the site on the Yale team's spare server space, >> and >> >>> could have it up and running by April 1st at the very latest. Is this >> a >> >>> resource people would make use of? >> >>> >> >>> I would just add that I don't in any way intend this as a slight to >> Tuna. >> >>> His maintenance of this listserv has been a great service to WUDC >> debating >> >>> in the US. >> >>> >> >>> Best, >> >>> >> >>> Sam >> >>> Yale Debate Association >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Samuel Ward-Packard >> >>> Yale 2014 - Humanities >> >>> [log in to unmask] >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> John C. Adams, PhD >> >> Colgate Speaking Union >> >> Colgate University >> >> Hamilton, NY 13346 >> >> Office: 315-228-6870 >> >> Mobile: 315-395-9430 >> >> www.colgate.edu/csu >> >> >> >> "Truth does not speak for itself." >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Samuel Ward-Packard >> > Yale 2014 - Humanities >> > [log in to unmask] >> > >> > > -- "There are no dirty words, only dirty minds." -Lenny Bruce