[Massplanners] Time for a different platform for MassPlanners?

[Sarah Raposa]

I found that the messaging was less confusing when I used a separate Gmail
account and did not get the "digests."
That way, gmail will sort the conversations and create a nice repository
for searching old threads.


*Sarah L. Raposa, AICP* (she/her/hers)

Director of Planning & Development

Mansfield, MA

sraposa at mansfieldma.com | 508.851.6457


On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM THOMAS FUDALA via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> I agree. The current listserv is fine.
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> Tom Fudala
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> On 02/27/2025 3:32 PM EST Gary Bechtholdt via MassPlanners <
> massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:
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> I think the MassPlanners listserv is perfectly fine for its original
> intended purpose.
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> R. Gary Bechtholdt II, Director
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> *Northbridge Community Planning & Development*
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> 1679 Providence Road Northbridge, MA 01534
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> (508) 234-2447
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> https://www.northbridgemass.org/
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> Mailing Address:
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> Northbridge Memorial Town Hall
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> 7 Main Street
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> Whitinsville, MA 01588
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> *WE MOVED!*
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> Our new address is: *1679 PROVIDENCE ROAD NORTHBRIDGE, MA  01534*
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> Building, Conservation, Health Department, Planning, & Zoning Board now
> located in separate wing of new Fire Station.
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> Those visiting municipal offices shall *proceed up driveway (stay to far
> left)* parking available front/side of building.
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> *From:* MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> *On Behalf Of *Nathan
> Chung via MassPlanners
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 27, 2025 2:50 PM
> *To:* massplanners at masscptc.org
> *Subject:* [Massplanners] Time for a different platform for MassPlanners?
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> Dear MassPlanners subscribers,
>
> Forgive me if this has been raised already, but I am wondering if it is
> time for a different platform for MassPlanners. The current group email
> format is visually overwhelming and makes it hard to search past
> conversations. For example, at the bottom is the screenshot of the Digest
> that arrived in my inbox. It shows 17 different topics, but *it's only 6
> distinct topics actually* with multiple replies per topic.
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> I think for the forum to progress into a more effective forum for sharing
> and storing knowledge, moving to a different platform, perhaps a web
> bulletin forum, might be necessary. This is a deep IT question, and I only
> have surface knowledge of it from my past work experience in a specialized
> field of IT. One risk is with so many forum software out there, if you
> choose the wrong one, that can cause difficulties. Here's a Wikipedia list:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software
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> The amount of messages and valuable information that is getting buried has
> gotten to the point that I wanted to bring this up now rather than later.
> Thank you.
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> Nathan Chung, Land Use Planner
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> Office of Planning & Sustainability for the City of Northampton, MA
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> nchung at northamptonma.gov; (413) 587-1262
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