Forum topic Subject sections ????

[glenoweth]

We need like a genaral / funny / offtopic place to post. what I think would also be awsome is if we had a place for people from Alabama to post ,because once i get this fish room up and going i plan on getting people around here more active in cichlids... is this something we can do ? just asking! I think it would help People know who is from where...

<3 thanks

[jon carman]

I answered this in the wrong place. But I will answer my thoughts here, and officers can chime in.

We have a board for "all else" which is where you can put anything you are unsure of. Posters from Alabama can post where they are from in the "introduction" section where people say where they are from.

If we do anything I think we need to consolidat boards. We already have so many it makes my head hurt trying to find something.

Also, I don't see the point of segregating off areas when you can talk to anyone about anything from anywhere on boards on here.

You are free to start a thread about Alabama in the introduction section, and then as new people join they can introduce themself to you on there.

That is my thought, if the officers want to add more boards I am not set in stone. I just want to reduce clutter. If you go on a recruiting spree and get a ton of Alabamaonians I will make you a subboard for your effort.

[angel]

I agree, though not an officer. If we get so many CLUB members in Alabama that we need a new chapter that would rock. Then they could get their own board on here for sure, I'd think. But really we're not that far apart. Down here in Maury County we're halfway between Huntsville and Nashville.

[glenoweth]

Thant sound like a good idea John maybe we can make a sticky in the Introduction area for Alabama folks? thanks for the feed back on this topic.

Angel, I agree I i think what john stated will work fine. I just wanted a way to see who is from where lol because i forget so easy.

[mruble]

Jon,
If a member goes back into his/her profile, then modifies that profile, will the line for "Location" come back up? I pulled up some member's profiles that did not show a location in the avatar block when they posted - but their profiles did not show a "Location" line.

[signde]

i said this in the other thread but i'll say it here again

i think there are too many forums given the amount of active posters here. eventually you end up not being able to find anything, people get confused over where posts should go, and then admins/mods spend too much time moving things, explaining the rules. its a lot of unnecessary splitting of hairs.

i've hosted and run my own forum for about 6 years now with over 700,000 posts. in my experience, less is better.

[signde]

more ranting on the issue...

the amount of specification here is way too extreme. i've only see it work on forums with thousands and thousands of members. this might be extreme compared to what we have now, but this is what i suggest:

the main headings on the site are pretty solid. using them as a base, take all of them and collapse them into these sub-forums

General
Events
African Cichlids
New World Cichlids
Freshwater Tropicals
Saltwater Species
Retailers/Product Review
Help & Technical
Classified
Club Members
Staff

i might have missed one or two but just about everything can fit into one of those categories. that would be it, no further categorization necessary. all the other subcategories we have could just be merged into those.

Pictures & Video would be the hardest to work out because that has a mix of all kinds of fish. i'd just throw those into general, and let future posts of that nature fall into their respective area based on the type of fish.

do we have an office for Chief Information Officer (CIO)? i'll gladly fill it ;D

[ree123]

Hello signde.

Thank you for your comments and your interests in the MCAA club.
I am sure I speak for most, if not all folks here, that we enjoy your input on things.
We recognize that you have vast experience as related to your comments of such, and are glad you are here and willing to share your ideas with us.

As you I am sure are aware, a club, any club, has Bylaws and a Constitution, and Policy's and Procedures of how they do things.
Although we have never followed Roberts Law in it's strictest form, we do have policy's in place that dictate how we do things within our club.
We will take your ideals into consideration, discuss them amongst the Officers and Board members, and decide if we want to pursue this further and if so, in what direction we will go.
If it is pursued, it will be written and created by the club officers and board, and presented to the club @ the next available open board meeting for approval or disapproval, as per our policy and procedures.

As always, we welcome all participants input. I do wish you would join the club and become a voting member though. We could use you.

Meantime, I want to personally thank you for your thoughts. Discussion of this topic is not new to us on the officer panel, and we will once again look into it.

I am sorry to tell you there is no office for CIO. Our club is still way to small to have that specific office. Our Secretary and Treasurer fulfill the rolls that that office would encompass for now. As we grow there may be need for a CIO and we will surely keep you in mind if and when that time occurs.
Thanks again for all your input.

Respectively,
Rick Easterly
MCAA President
aka ree123

[signde]

50% of the time anything i say on the internet should not be taken seriously. i was just joking about the CIO.

what is a voting member? i'm already a member of the club, as i understand it. at least i thought i was, lol, i dunno.

[ree123]

Hey signde. A voting member is considered a member in good standing in the club. In the club means, someone who has their dues paid to date, whether an individual member or a family member, junior member etc... Only club members can vote if 18 or over. Any and everyone can use the forum with no fees involved. It is open for all. --- The MCAA club is seperate, and paying your annual dues gains you the right to a vote, access to the members only club section of the forum,, free selling table fees @ the bi-annual swap/meets, and discounts @ several retail locations around Nashville. I have included the sticky we have on the different boards that further explains. See below.

"LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION"

The different levels of participation on the forum:
1. Guest -- (View forum only)
2. Forum Participant -- ( Must register)
3. Club Member -- ( Must register and pay minimal annual due)
( Hobbyists only/No business)

and what this means:
( only club members are welcome to sell on the classifieds),
( only forum participants and club members can see the classifieds),
( only club members receive various discounts @ retail outlets),
..................a little incentive with more to come...

[signde]

I am a club member then, I joined last October or so.

[ree123]

Well crap. WE don't have you on the list for some reason.
I am soooooo sorry man.
We will try and fix that tomorrow.
Just a FYI, we are gonna try to get all cards of membership expiring every spring so this fall at the swap/meet we will hopefully just collect a 1/2 years dues from you and a few others to bring us all to expirations @ the spring swap/meet come about April 2012.
This will make it easier on JD as treasurer, we hope.
I'll PM or leave a message here tom. to update ya.
Again, I am sorry you were left off our list.
Consider it fixed.
Rick

[angel]

CIO is a fancy acro for Secretary, if you think about it Rick

[allierw]

It's hard for me to see new replies sometimes...some show up in bold but other times they don't. It would be easier to open up one forum and see all the topics, rather than having the multiple sub-boards.