RE: considering closing this listserv

The MGS Forum (http://www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php) has some activity but
not very much lately.

I personally love the PBS bulb list. Have learned lots about geophytes and
tips on South Africa travel. :-)

Cheers,
Bracey

-----Original Message-----
From: medit-plants-request@ucdavis.edu
[m*@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Diane Whitehead
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2017 3:14 PM
To: Medit-Plants listserv
Subject: Re: considering closing this listserv

Sean,

Not all groups have declined.

PBS  (Pacific Bulb Society) and Trillium-L are very active.
Lilium@yahoogroups.com is totally frenetic during the season, but only
moderately so in winter (22 messages this December, 9 in January).  Both the
lily and trillium groups allow photos, and they are fantastic.

The Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum is extremely active.  It allows
non-members to read almost everything and this encourages new members. There
is also a forum moderator who is active on all the many threads - I don't
know when Maggi sleeps.  Active!  I was at a game reserve in Namibia and the
owner didn't know the name of one of her native plants.  I sent a photo to
the forum and had the identity for her within minutes from an Australian
member.  

 As a contrast, the Medit website forum only shows its messages once you've
signed up - no encouragement  to join, so I haven't bothered.

Diane


On 2017-02-04, at 1:04 PM, Sean A. O'Hara wrote:

> Diane - 
> 
> I know what you mean.
> I also believe that the group declined for other reasons as well.  This
has also been true for various e-mail forums of various topics.  UC Davis
has confirmed for me that overall listserv traffic has been decreasing over
the years.
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