[Vision2020] Facebook; The death of Vision 2020?

[Donovan Arnold]

Mr. London,
 
I believe that it is important that Vision 2020 be updated to  21st century technology, or it will be replaced. I believe First Step would be the best company to do that, not me.
 
I would think people that want Vision 2020 to survive and attract new people from future generations would support modifying it to meet current demands.
 
Dial up Internet and rotary phones were great when they first came out, but people do lose patience with slow outdated technology when living in the modern era. I am sure if I was retired, had the time, I would not mind opening every single email posted on V2020 via dial up, but I work and go to school, so spending 2 or 3 hours everyday on email is not an option for me, and many others anymore. You will continue to see a decline in the number of active members of V 2020 and an increase in the average age of active members until they change, or go the way of MySpace. I am 36 years old, and probably one of the youngest active members on this board by a decade or two. 
 
Donovan Arnold
 


--- On Sat, 8/14/10, Bill London <london at moscow.com> wrote:


From: Bill London <london at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Facebook; The death of Vision 2020?
To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
Cc: webmaster at fsr.com, services at fsr.com, techsupport at fsr.com
Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 11:39 AM





Donovan Arnold:
    First Step does not "own" Vision 2020.
    V2020 is a public service that First Step has generously offered to host at no charge to support community communication.  Other than controlling technical issues, First Step does not direct or manage Vision 2020.  First Step is certainly not making any money from Vision 2020.
    If you believe it is important to create a Facebook forum, go for it.  I have no interest in joining Facebook and opening a new stream of data into my overdosed brain, but go ahead without me.
    I will stay back here, reading my V2020 emails as long as First Step is willing to keep them coming
BL
    

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Donovan Arnold 
To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Cc: webmaster at fsr.com ; services at fsr.com ; techsupport at fsr.com 
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:31 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Facebook; The death of Vision 2020?






I believe, that Vision 2020, that hasn't changed its low-tech format since 1994, which is both annoying and unnecessarily inconvenient to use by its subscribers, will be replaced by another Internet company or reputable company or organization that establishes such a forum on Facebook or similar network. 
 
Sure, anyone could establish a Palouse Forum, but people would be more likely to join a forum created by First Step Internet that uses the same name. 
 
Image a Vision 2020 that took only moments to skim through instead of opening and closing each email, or getting one at the end of the day after the conversation is over. You could post links, images, and information much more quickly. And perhaps the best things of all would be that people could not use your name in postings or false names to launch personal attacks against members of the community. 
 
A Facebook account would be more meaningful and helpful to a community that wished to grow and be productive with its online networking. It would also be of better service to facilitate the purpose and mission of Vision 2020.  
 
Vision 2020 will eventually be replaced, the question is how it will be replaced, and by what entity. I hope it is still First Step Internet. But I don't see it making any moves to save Vision 2020 and keep ownership of its own idea of an uncensored soap box forum to facilitate change in the Palouse Community. 
 
Donovan Arnold 




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