Well, www.zchattanooga.com  provides community forum facilities for
the UTC community.

CECA ran a web BBS for a long time.

The facilities for doing this aren't really the problem, it's getting
people to use them, as well as who is able and willing to control
messages sent to UTCSTAFF.  "In your face" e-mail is more effective
(i.e. gets your attention) compared to a web site you have to click on.

It is very, very easy to delete stuff you don't want from e-mail,
just like SPAM, and it seems like most times the subject line give it
away.

Richard


KimEdwardRenz wrote:
>
> Knowing that this not be a popular e-mail, I would still like to request
> that we have a special chat area established, this time for folks to
> discuss the issue of the terrorist attacks and our feelings about an
> appropriate response. While this may very well become the defining event of
> our time, the State is paying a lot of money for us to read, respond and
> delete messages over the University's business line.
>
> Sorry if I have offended anyone.
>
> Kim Edward Renz
> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
> Fine Arts Center, Department 1351
> 615 McCallie Avenue
> Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403
> 423-755-4371    Office
> 423-755-5249    Facsimile
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> Visit Our Web Site at www.utc.edu/finearts

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