Possible changes to this forum

[Steinberg]

It seems like 90% of the people posting in General Discussion are club members, and that the "keep it clean" guideline is falling to the wayside. I am considering merging this forum with the Members-Only forum. Ultimately the deciscion will be made by the officers, but I wanted to get a general consensus on making this section non-public. This would leave a void for public chit-chat, but we would still keep a public "Announcements" forum.

Vote and discuss.

[tsmall07]

perhaps you should post reasoning for this in the members only section (I saw what Ary accidentally posted in that section). It would give people a reason for taking this action instead of just throwing it out there.

[Steinberg]

It seems like 90% of the people posting in General Discussion are club members, and that the "keep it clean" guideline is falling to the wayside.

That was the reasoning. I would like to stress that this is not entirely in response to the events at tonight's meeting. There has been talk of cleaning up the public forum with respect to vulgarity and off-topic items for some time before this.

[tsmall07]

alright

[hklvette]

My opinion on this is that people should use their brains when they make posts. I can't see the member's only forum, and taking away the general discussion section would eliminate the ability to discuss events like monster jam and meetings at Cici's. A better solution in the meantime might be to delete posts that aren't appropriate for the publicly visible forum. Yeah it'll make some people mad, but its better to punish those responsible and have them post in the proper forums than punish the whole board.

There's my $.02
hklvette

[Yoda]

I can't see the member's only forum, and taking away the general discussion section would eliminate the ability to discuss events like monster jam and meetings at Cici's.
hklvette

pay your dues and join the club already hklvette you seem to like it enough and come out to some of the events. if you're already a due payer yell at steiny he should be able to fix that. as far as this thing being public or private it would be nice to have a sub section of members only for general discussion and then like you said steinberg a "announcements" section in the public forum

[Flava-Puff Crawler]

... it would be nice to have a sub section of members only for general discussion and then like you said steinberg a "announcements" section in the public forum

Why not just use the already in place "members only" section that is on the forum instead of creating another sub section in the general discussion. That doesn't make a lot of sense. From what I have seen what gets posted in the "members only" section is the same stuff that gets posted in the general discussion only uncensored. So why not encourage the use of the members only section and any discussion of trail rides ect (should there be incriminating info)... be done there. Plus the general discussion section allows nonmembers to communicate with members and learn more about the club.

For me, being able to chat with you guys and get advice about fixing my jeep is what encouraged me to join the club. This communication ocured through the general discussion section.

I guess to keep this short, we already have a members only section that lately gets very little use. Lets start using it! Just my

[Yoda]

what i meant sheila was what you we're saying on another thread, it wouldnt be subsection in general discussion, but a tab under members section that was for general discussion of well...members. but steiny already voiced his concerns with that

[Steinberg]

let's form some sub-committees on this, each with their own sub-section and sub-forums.

[VerticalTRX]

I think people just need to learn what should be posted in gen. discussion vs. the members only section.

[Yoda]

I think people just need to learn what should be posted in gen. discussion vs. the members only section.

thats probably the best idea, even if we have a billion subthingers people will always post up in the wrong one

[Brett]

Maybe there should be some sort of guidlines for members using the forum, and maybe there should be consequences if these guidlines are not followed. Just a thought.


Brett

[tsmall07]

suggestions for consequences?

[Steinberg]

don't overcomplicate this. we're not going to do the whole consequences and repercussions bs because we're all adults, we know what we should and should not do, and I don't feel like constantly picking through the forums and judging what is kosher and what needs to go.

[tsmall07]

I agree