SAAC Forum

Thanks for the answers.

Recent comments made it sound like the forum was not tightly tied to the SAAC club which is why I asked the questions. I was confused.

In this case the club and it's members provide a forum for anyone to participate and enjoy unlike some other club forums which require a  membership to access the forum.

Quote from: 2112 on January 20, 2018, 06:55:54 PM
Wow, what a great find, not positive how to search it, do they have other threads too?

It's been hit or miss so far.  Some threads seem to be complete and others are not available.  Looks like most of the latest captures were done in 2015/2016.

Guess something is better than nothing?

Only 2 pages.... 

http://web.archive.org/web/20150925115845/http://saacforum.com/index.php?topic=31383.0

http://web.archive.org/web/20150926150207/http://saacforum.com/index.php?topic=27706.0

Looks like some of the old forum information has been archived and is available to view.

GEORGE WATTERS COLLECTION

http://web.archive.org/web/20150926150207/http://saacforum.com/index.php?topic=27706.0

Seems to be hit or miss but parts of the old forum still survive!

Maybe a donation is warranted?

https://archive.org/donate/

I'm not smart enough to know if SAAC can capture this data and archive it on a club server but might worth a try?

How is the new SAAC forum affiliated with the SAAC club?

Will everything posted here be visible to anyone with an internet connection regardless if they are a forum member and/or SAAC club member?

Do our annual SAAC membership dues help support the forum?

Do SAAC club members get any special privileges?

Who 'owns' the information posted on the forum and what are they allowed to do with it?

Will the forums be backed up?

I always thought the 'old' forum was a benefit of being a supporting SAAC club member but I may have been wrong.  I'd like to understand the relationship between the club and forum before jumping back in.

Not that it will change things, but technically, what happened?  Was it a hardware failure or some type of 'attack'?

I don't see losing all of the past information as a minor hiccup, more like a disaster.

Is the new forum tied to the club and our dues or another independent venture?