The FP Room - yay or nay?

[John Esak]

Hello,

I would like to hold a simple tally of yay's. Let's forget the nay's...
let's forget the politics, negativism, anti-MS'ism, all of that stuff which
we all can get into so easily here.

The FP Room hit it's 2nd birthday this past week. Barring one serious T1
failure that lasted about 6 hours one day, I don't believe it has been off
the air for more than 5 minutes any of that entire two years. Lots of us use
the room religiously, and some of you just periodically. Some very rarely,
but you do show up when you need a hand, or just want to talk at odd
times... about filePro or anything. I would like to hear from those of you
who use the FP Room *and* this mailing list as well. Does the FP Room add
to, or detract from this mailing list? Is it helpful? Should it stay around?
Is it worth the rather enormous effort of the various people who give so
much time so generously to its working and well being?

So happens, I've just reorganized my entire system, servers, software,
hardware, etc. the whole shebang. Within 3 days (by the 15h) I have to make
a decision on the actual talk room server I use. Upgrade or fall back... The
cost is essentially astronomical to go one way or the other... that isn't so
much the issue. I just want to learn whether I should change the complexion
of the room, or add a room or rooms, to reflect more what people like to
talk about. The main group in the FP Room talk about so many things along
with filePro... food, toys, music, movies, politics, etc. I'm going to make
some organizational decisions some time this week about all this, so I need
to know what to do... and I want to hear it here, and nowhere else. A public
referendum so to speak... How many of you use the room and find it valuable.
How many of you like the idea of the room and always meant to try it but
have never done so? (But you think you might in the future.) How many of you
want to see it stay around?

Like I say, this is a specific thing I'm asking. I would appreciate not
hearing "it doesn't do this.." or "it bad because..." and anything else
negative about it. I am solely interested in hearing from anyone and
everyone who feels the room is useful and should stay around. I'll make my
decision after I read some of the responses and gauge the response. The
yay's will have it. I could care less about the nays. (You naysayer's, just
keep never coming around, that suits us fine. :-))  For the rest of the
group who does use the room or does want it to stay working another year or
so... let me hear that, this is your time to speak up.

Don't go into the room to respond, don't send me private email... responses
here, in public, from people who read this mailing list are all that I'm
interested from this post. I'll poll the others who use the room and don't
use or know about this list via other means.

Thanks for your help.

--
John Esak
(570) 384-2444

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