It seems that the biggest complaint of the list-serve format is that it tends to clutter your email IN box. My solution was to create a free gmail account and use it for utah-astronomy related messages exclusively. The gmail format makes navigating the list messages as easy as it can be, and is then much more user-friendly than a forum format, IMO. I would only use gmail for this, it's much easier to use than most other free email services. Also since I don't use this account for online shopping, it remains spam free. My personal email accounts and business account thus never get "cluttered" with interspersed astronomy posts. I've had it going this way for years now and still love it. Just a suggestion for those facing inbox overload.