Hello Vicki, Maybe I did not clearly explain my point for that I will apologize to the group. However I’ve not uttered a word about the amazing public facing content we have...it’s great. However what I and others are looking at options to improve Is the dynamic content that is not on our website that passes through our emails daily. Years and decades of thoughtful information on something we share a passion for and enjoy helping other enjoy with us. What is not clear to me though is the liberty you take to consider those you have no knowledge of as lazy based on how they consume the content on our website. Purely based on what you consider appropriate? In short how does your conclusion move the discussion in a positive direction ? Respectfully, Mike Lowitz San Diego On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 7:23 PM Vicki Demetre <vickidemetre@earthlink.net> wrote: > I don’t see any big problem in finding out information. The PBS website > has tons of information in most every aspect of bulbs and growing them you > could want. If you are too lazy to do some searching there and want things > easier to access than that is just laziness. > > > > > > On Nov 3, 2020, at 4:07 PM, Mike via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > > As someone with a background in software and organization our size and > > larger. Our member who just quit the group and brought up the email > issue. > > Is absolutely correct. The correct thing to do is set up a team to > explore > > options and report back. > > > > There are a myriad of options besides Facebook and email extremes. I > also > > want to share a bit of real advise I was given way back in 2006. I was > at a > > privacy conference in California. We had an FBI profiler come in and > lead a > > discussion on identity theft...The Net Net of his conversation was this > and > > it’s just as true today as it was then. Nothing on the internet is > > free..,you either pay for the information or you are the information that > > has not changed....while am not a fan of Facebook by any means. They are > > no more evil then the free email program you use from whoever. Let’s me > > return to topic. > > > > Please take what I share to address our real > > Issue. That’s critical data loss by not memorializing it in an easy to > > access forum. > > We are using 30 year old technology that was never meant to handle how we > > use email...no matter how well you believe you are accessing it...the > fact > > is unless we all do it the same way we lose information. > > > > Do you guys realize the level of expertise, decades of expertise we > possess > > rivals many universities and may be superior in many areas....out of > sheer > > respect for that we need to capture our own data...it’s the most valuable > > thing we have....instead of sitting in the echo chamber today...can we > all > > recognize two things. > > 1. We are not capturing valuable information we share at the drop of a > > hat...I’ve learned much here... > > 2. Time is valuable and we should value each other enough to make > indexing > > the information we share a top priority. > > > > I say all the above out of respect for this group...:we owe it to > ourselves > > to address the elephant in the room....we share valuable information each > > day that no one else generates...let’s value it by organizing it...making > > it more useful to our members > > > > The good news is there are plenty of forum types out there that could fit > > our needs once identified. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Mike Lowitz > > San Diego > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>