AIMS Discussion List Is No More

“AIMS”:http://www.aimscanada.com/ General Manager Dave Forde just sent out word that the ADL (AIMS Discussion List) has ceased publication.
bq. For years, many of you have enjoyed the ADL (AIMS Discussion List), a bi-weekly newsletter full of great discussion and debate on various Internet marketing topics. It gave marketers a chance to connect and pose questions to one another with answers in the following issue. Over the last year we’ve seen a dramatic shift, or decrease in the amount of discussion for reasons such as inboxes being overloaded, work loads increased, etc. Therefore, I now think that it is time we say good-bye to the ADL and retire her at issue number #622.

I think the big unspoken reason content on the ADL has been thin lately is that there are so darn many real-time sources of news and opinion. Blogs (like One Degree) and the feeds they push out have made it much easier to stay on top of industry happenings without need of a weekly moderated discussion list.
So, fell ADL readers, if you are looking for:
* Commentary from industry insiders
* A spot to contribute your opinions
* A place to have Internet marketing conversations, or
* A way to get job and event listings in front of the net shakers in Canada
then I humbly suggest One Degree is your new best friend.
I hope the best for AIMS – as one of the founders I wish it nothing but continued success, even without the ADL I used to moderate. I know from conversations with many others over the years that the ADL was considered the primary value they saw in AIMS so it will be interesting to see how AIMS keeps its connections with the members without this important channel.
A special note of thanks to our own “June Macdonald”:http://www.onedegree.ca/contributors/june_macdonald who I convinced to take on the incredible challenge of moderating the ADL when it first launched. June was the best moderator the ADL ever knew and I don’t think it was the same after she stepped down years ago.