I haven't posted to the GRASS list in a long time. I've just been quietly
listening. However, since the list may disappear in the near future, I'd
better use it while it continues to exist.
Back in the old days when people used the MOSS GIS, MOSS users had
an Annual MOSS Conference. MOSS had lots of problems, but the
conference was great. It gave lots of MOSS users a chance to
get together and discuss MOSS.
Likewise, there use to be an Annual GRASS Users Conference.
I never got a chance to attend, so I don't know if it was any good;
but I bet it was.
Conferences of this sort don't seem to be financially feasible anymore.
However, the type of communication that occurs at conferences is
still needed. Given this, has anyone considered having a GRASS meeting
at one of the major GIS conferences? I attended one day of the
National ASPRS Conference recently; and noticed SIG meetings for ESRI
Users, MapInfo Users, and so on. A couple government contractors even
used the conference to have employee meetings.
David Mandel
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Greetings GRASS Users!
It is nice to see such a spirited interest in what we do. We are very
glad to hear feedback from you all. As I mentioned before, we are
working
on transfer of the mailing list. However, this is not an easy, or non-
time consuming, thing to do. Everyone has good points about keeping the
mailing lists, and so we are working toward this end. With 4,000 hits
per
day to the GRASS website here, the web forum is needed and will also
stay.
Take some time and get used to new things. Since we get hundreds of
emails, the web is easier for us.
We have never heard from anyone before two days ago and had assumed
that there was little interest in keeping the mailing list open.
Personally,
I wish we had the time/staff/money to do much more, but we do what we
can
with the resources we have. Baylor has invested a considerable amount
of
money and time into GRASS, but for it to be successful, we have to hear
from the users. There are no tax dollars involved in this, we are doing
it
because we think GRASS is too important to go away. Of course, if
anyone
wants to write us a check, that would be great also 
And anyone who
wants
to help out with some of these things are welcome, too.
In closing, we will do our best to keep things the way they are, but
will
also change/augment things. (Read: the mailing list will stay)
Keep the communication lines up.
Bruce
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Bruce Byars
Hydrologist and Senior Research Scientist
Center for Applied Geographic and Spatial Research
Baylor University