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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I don't find the digest version of the Connecticut listserve to be very friendly on a smartphone (though fine on desktop).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For what it's worth,<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Jeff Mills<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>J.M. Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>13 Deer Path, Ste. 2<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Maynard, MA 01754<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Phone: 860-454-8922<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>jmcommunications@comcast.net</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dwight Merriam <dwightmerriam@gmail.com><br><b>Date: </b>Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 9:28\u202fPM<br><b>To: </b>Nathan <basicdignity123@gmail.com><br><b>Cc: </b><massplanners@masscptc.org><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Massplanners] Please send other alternative platform suggestions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This is what Connecticut uses. You might call CLEAR and ask.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Regards,</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dwight Merriam, FAICP</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>89 Latimer Ln </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Weatogue, CT 06089</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Apr 27, 2025, at 12:40\u202fPM, Nathan via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org> wrote:</p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>\ufeff</p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If people have suggestions for other alternative platforms for MassPlanners besides the three we are looking at, would you list them? Obviously, if there are too many choices, it might not be possible to realistically check them all. We are gradually testing these three and documenting them.</p></div><div><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Discourse<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Gaggle<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Google Groups<o:p></o:p></li></ol></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Whatever the board decides, it will likely require a re-sign-up process for everyone. Also, it might be beneficial to do a test-launch of the most promising platforms and have some people test them.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nathan Chung</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>MassPlanners mailing list<br>MassPlanners@masscptc.org<br>http://masscptc.org/mailman/listinfo/massplanners_masscptc.org</p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>