I would like to vote - against a new email forum for fabricators only as "spin off" from TechNet (same arguments as Brian Ellis said before) - we need to work together an thus we can learn more and better together and from each other. - against a forum instead of a mailing list # Mailing list can be archieved easily offline by any interested member # for any contents on forums the institution who owns the forum is responsible for the contents and may run into legal problems if someone doesn't like someone's other postings, thus, any forum I know needs much more adminstration than a mailing list, and will be at least a little bit, hmm, call it "censored". # Email is open for everyone, forum access however may often be restricted by firewallls, browser incompatibilities etc. Just my opinion Regards Matthias Mansfeld -- Matthias Mansfeld Elektronik * Leiterplattenlayout Neithardtstr. 3, 85540 Haar; Tel.: 089/4620 093-7, Fax: -8 Internet: http://www.mansfeld-elektronik.de GPG http://www.mansfeld-elektronik.de/gnupgkey/mansfeld.asc --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------