Subject: [Harp-L] buddha harmonica forum

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Chris Michalek writes:
 
"The Buddha forum has been dead for awhile.  I had to switch  servers and 
lost everything. I finally have the time to rebuild it this  weekend, so I'm 
looking for suggestions on how to make it better.   I'm using a unix server now 
and will be using the Simple Machines Forum  software unless of course somebody 
has a better idea.

The goal is  to make the buddha forum an extension of harp-l but with more of 
a  community format.  It want it to be a place to be for people to  discuss 
whatever they want, current event, news, politics, religion, end  time 
prophecies, UFO or whatever. Of course, I also want it to be a place  to discuss all 
aspect of the harmonica, music, playing other instruments  and how they relate 
to harmonica, CD reviews, gig booking, industry  contacts, amps, amp 
configuration, mobile recording, home studio etc...  furthermore, if you're an expert 
in a certain area, I invite you to run  your own section and moderate it.

Thanks for the input."
 
....Phew, this is great news Chris!  A place where some of us  Harp-l'ers can 
express perhaps contrary opinions without being shut or  shouted down....as 
recently happened to me when I joined in a partially  "political/religious" 
thread on another harmonica forum purporting to be  open to banter.....  The 
previous strongly worded male opinions  were studiously ignored, but when a woman 
dared express a similar  point of view, the plug was pulled.  
 
I'd be thrilled to have a forum such as yours back up and  running.  I've 
missed it.  I do think it tends to draw those of  us particularly interested in 
the harmonica, but wanting to "converse"  perhaps a bit more openly with those 
people we like, respect and have  come to know.  I too thought of your forum 
as an extension of  Harp-L.  My only suggestion is that you cannot do it all by 
 yourself...and hope you have Winslow participating again.  Your forum  had 
far fewer navigation problems than I've found on the "other" site, so  whatever 
you did the first time worked for me.  I'm sure I could make  some 
suggestions once it's up and running but for now...I'm just glad the  Buddha's back!
 
Elizabeth