# How is this forum intended to coexist with \[rails-oceania\]?

**URL:** <https://forum.ruby.org.au/t/how-is-this-forum-intended-to-coexist-with-rails-oceania/101>\
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**Created:** [March 19, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.ruby.org.au/t/how-is-this-forum-intended-to-coexist-with-rails-oceania/101 "2017-03-19T23:44:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![antulik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.ruby.org.au/antulik/32/2_2.png) [@antulik](https://forum.ruby.org.au/u/antulik)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.ruby.org.au/t/how-is-this-forum-intended-to-coexist-with-rails-oceania/101/4 "2017-04-08T04:16:16Z")

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> [@keithpitty](#):
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> What does this mean for the google group? Given its also our mailing list?

I wrote a new post answering that question:

> [@Why Ruby Down Under forum was created?](https://forum.ruby.org.au/t/why-ruby-down-under-forum-was-created/137):
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> [image] by [xkcd](https://xkcd.com/927/) TL;DR; is available at the bottom for the all busy people. Many people have asked me why we launched the Ruby Down Under forum. There is already a [RORO google group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rails-oceania) and multiple Slack teams including the official RubyAU. I’ll answer that in this post. Communication is very important for the community, especially when it’s spread across multiple cities and countries. Good communication is like a house foundation: the better it is, the bigger house you can build and the longer …

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