[Massplanners] [EXTERNAL] Re: Time for a different platform for MassPlanners?

[Michael McCarthy]

Similar to this, I set up an Outlook rule that sends all MassPlanners emails to separate inbox.

Mike McCarthy
Asst. City Planner
New Bedford

From: MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> On Behalf Of Sarah Raposa via MassPlanners
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2025 8:03 AM
To: THOMAS FUDALA <tomfudala at comcast.net>
Cc: Nathan Chung <nchung at northamptonma.gov>; Gary Bechtholdt via MassPlanners <massplanners at masscptc.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Massplanners] Time for a different platform for MassPlanners?

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,

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<mailto:sraposa at mansfieldma.com> | 508.851.6457


On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM THOMAS FUDALA via MassPlanners <massplanners at masscptc.org<mailto:massplanners at masscptc.org>> wrote:
I agree. The current listserv is fine.

Tom Fudala
On 02/27/2025 3:32 PM EST Gary Bechtholdt via MassPlanners <massplanners at masscptc.org<mailto:massplanners at masscptc.org>> wrote:


I think the MassPlanners listserv is perfectly fine for its original intended purpose.

R. Gary Bechtholdt II, Director
Northbridge Community Planning & Development
1679 Providence Road Northbridge, MA 01534
(508) 234-2447
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Mailing Address:
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From: MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org<mailto: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<mailto:massplanners at masscptc.org>
Subject: [Massplanners] Time for a different platform for MassPlanners?

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.

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<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software__;!!HrHZwXtSIu7ehiYZ!vlJiBR3qCZPPL1Qw8fhKQgtoDPh3VIlMoM5etXFdB3EcXjJgUDUirT-axRnTtcY21cCObA4UMacJL9L4GP3HLQPrCNJI9aYbQpk4D9BW$>

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
Office of Planning & Sustainability for the City of Northampton, MA
nchung at northamptonma.gov<mailto:nchung at northamptonma.gov>; (413) 587-1262
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