 Joey, 11, is a wheelchair athlete! Why do we need a new home? Yahoogroups no longer suits our needs. Our membership is growing, and considering the topic we are talking about (spina bifida) we are "losing" valuable information in the Yahoogroups archives because of extremely poor search features. New parents and parents-to-be, as well as experienced parents, need an easier way to find and access information. Another issue is the fact that posts are delayed in Yahoogroups due to moderation. (Necessary due to spamming.) Frankly, the list is too large for me to remember who is and isn't legitimate and how often they post. So the whole list is moderated. In the new format, moderation would be unnecessary because it's easy for moderators to go in and delete offending posts, and they aren't "transmitted" to the entire membership. There will be no more problems with Yahoo not playing nice with other ISPs (like AOL) and bouncing mail. Yahoogroups has been having intermittent service issues lately which have been slowing down access. We will now have specialized, topical forums so if someone doesn't want information about AFOs they don't have to wade through fifteen posts on the topic in their email. Many of our members are already using the read from the 'net setting on Yahoo, so this will be no different than doing that. We can now have informative articles archived by subject, easily viewable. An extensive links section is now possible, and members can submit articles to the website. The new features will allow us to grow as a community and become closer. Yes, there will be growing pains at first as people transition to the new format. But as you get used to it, you will readily see the advantages over the older format. |
