There is no consensus amongst the community and the other forum owners. To close this forum would do no good - it still serves a purpose. (Besides, it's not "my" forum to close - we've always said it belongs to the community - so the community would have to decide). I'd simply like to see a single, consolidated forum. Web based, so there can be multiple sections, including an off-topic section for discussions like those on this forum. Email features, so users can subscribe to entire forums and interact with threads much like they do here and on the DML. And moderated by a system that ensures power struggles and discrimination against individuals or specific points of view are minimized or eliminated. It could be done. I could make it happen. There are others in the community that could make it happen. But we would need the support of all forum owners & moderators, and a majority of the membership. Everyone would have to agree to shut down and launch a single new system. I think we're a small enough community that we could pull it off, but I think many people are too set in their ways (and/or too power hungry in wanting things their way, or wanting to suppress certain commentary) to go along with it. -Ryan On 7/11/06, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What makes the current forum alternatives not make you > give this one up "in a flash"? > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/HliolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/