Use Mailing Lists and Bulletin Boards

If all the members of a team or committee have internet access then a discussion mailing list can be very useful for communicating in between meetings. Without web access a well organized bulletin board with supplies of pens and sticky notes can be very useful for posting messages and getting feedback within an office without requiring a meeting. In both cases each medium should be considered official and controlled by an agreed policy.

Recommended Resource: Hosting for Online Discussion Groups

Hosting for Online Discussion Groups

If the high majority of the members of your organization or community use the Internet, you may find online discussion groups helpful for hosting communication in between meetings.


Below is a list of some of the best discussion mailing list hosting options available today...

groups.yahoo.com
The standard that others compare against. Incudes many features such as polls, photos, calendar and more.

groups.google.com
Simple but useful features like comment voting and custom information pages.

npogroups.org
Hosted by a not-for-profit. Uses Sympa open source software with decent web archives.

jigluhood.com (formally mailspaces.com)
A new hybrid wiki and mailing lists with tagging.

onlinegroups.net
Uses open source software modeled after Yahoo groups. Note there limits on the number of subscribers.

Suggest others in the comments below.