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tunney · 10-07-2012, 20:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by RayCun

Right, here's the deal

Triathlon forum

Gear & Equipment subforum

Training Logs subforum

Events subforum

Adventure Races subforum

Voting is open on each of these requests for the next 6 weeks. To vote, go to one/all of the threads and reply. Keep it simple, +1 for yes, -1 for no

I separated out the different subforums into different requests, and didn't include shotgunmcos as moderator in the request, because of that conditional support thing. Just vote yes or no on the proposal in the opening post.

After 6 weeks, if there is enough support (+18 votes), the admins and Cmods will discuss the idea.
(process details are here)

I'll post this in the main A/R/T forum now (with a bit more background)

January, February, March, April, May, June, July.......

**ecoli** · 10-07-2012, 21:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by tunney

January, February, March, April, May, June, July.......

Have followed up on this will keep people up to date when I find out whats going on

**ecoli** · 11-07-2012, 17:23

Admins have got back to me and has lit a fire under them so should be in the next few weeks just depending on exactly how long it takes to set up the forum (seemed to have slipped through the cracks)

**shotgunmcos** · 12-07-2012, 09:15

Yep heard from Admins myself also. Forum approved, just admin stuff to do. A few weeks. So, I have the ART charter printed off and some notes made myself relevant to a Tri/AR forum and general updating.

If any of you, Mods alike, have charter recommendations feel free to PM me.

Also, if someone with time on their hands would like to compile a known list of ahem, taboo tri threads, I can provisionally display in the charter too to help newbies understand.

Kurt Godel · 28-07-2012, 20:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by shotgunmcos

Yep heard from Admins myself also. Forum approved, just admin stuff to do. A few weeks. So, I have the ART charter printed off and some notes made myself relevant to a Tri/AR forum and general updating.

If any of you, Mods alike, have charter recommendations feel free to PM me.

Also, if someone with time on their hands would like to compile a known list of ahem, taboo tri threads, I can provisionally display in the charter too to help newbies understand.

(Absolutely not directed towards you MCOS, I really hope you're still interested when (if) this forum comes to pass)

Is there any point in helping towards a charter? Or "helping" Boards at large? Its pretty obvious any new forum will have to be dragged out kicking and screaming, from whichever mandarin controls the switch. The will is there, the interest is there, the numbers are there: still no forum.

jackyback · 30-07-2012, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurt Godel

(Absolutely not directed towards you MCOS, I really hope you're still interested when (if) this forum comes to pass)

Is there any point in helping towards a charter? Or "helping" Boards at large? Its pretty obvious any new forum will have to be dragged out kicking and screaming, from whichever mandarin controls the switch. The will is there, the interest is there, the numbers are there: still no forum.

Some of us may know what happened to the poker forum on here. Just saying like.

RacoonQueen · 31-07-2012, 09:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurt Godel

(Absolutely not directed towards you MCOS, I really hope you're still interested when (if) this forum comes to pass)

Is there any point in helping towards a charter? Or "helping" Boards at large? Its pretty obvious any new forum will have to be dragged out kicking and screaming, from whichever mandarin controls the switch. The will is there, the interest is there, the numbers are there: still no forum.

It is very strange that it has taken so long. I was admin on a forum a few years ago, admittedly not as big as this one but if we were setting up a new forum we just went into the control panel, filled in a few boxes, ticked another couple of boxes and hey presto. There it was. From reading the site development forum, seemingly they're moving away from the vbulliten format, presumably they're coding their own forum software - the new beta skin possibly already is part of the move away? Maybe thats where the issue lies?

Anyway, boards isn't about the users. It's a profitable business now. Long time since boards was about the 'community'.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackyback

Some of us may know what happened to the poker forum on here. Just saying like.

What happened?

RayCun · 31-07-2012, 09:31

Last time ecoli asked, they said that they could only make this sort of change during off-peak hours. Apparently there are all sorts of linkages in the background and one change can have a cascading effect, so they can't do it while the site is busy. And then they need to have an admin who is awake during those hours, and not busy with something else that has to be done off-peak (like all the look and feel changes)

RacoonQueen · 31-07-2012, 09:43

Yet there was no problem setting up this subforum?

Still makes no difference to me whether it's a subforum or a standalone forum. Just seems very unecessarily drawn out.

tunney · 31-07-2012, 09:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by RacoonQueen

Yet there was no problem setting up this subforum?

www.irishtriathlonboards.com anyone?

tunney · 31-07-2012, 09:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by tunney

www.irishtriathlonboards.com anyone?

And if it was hosted in the US we could all say whatever we wanted

RacoonQueen · 31-07-2012, 09:56

If we'd done that in January...

Kurt Godel · 31-07-2012, 09:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by RacoonQueen

If we'd done that in January 2012...

Memo to self, quote this in a few years time.

**Oryx** · 31-07-2012, 10:02

Things here seem to be done in order of importance. This, clearly, is not important. I've seen similar with another specialist forum that was due to be set up, and a lot of effort put into it. Years later, and it never happened. Everyone involved on mod level has simply given up, and to be honest, I no longer imagine that admin level does what we want or ask for anymore, the beast is too big to cater for the likes of us minions.

peter kern · 31-07-2012, 10:09

thats the way to treat ones volunteers, that help to generate money for free ......
If you guys are so interested in the change writing a small email remindiining them that you help them to make money.... might help ;-)

12-07-2012, 09:15	#49
shotgunmcos Moderator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Limerick Posts: 3,980 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Triathlon / Duathlon / Adventure Racing	Charter Yep heard from Admins myself also. Forum approved, just admin stuff to do. A few weeks. So, I have the ART charter printed off and some notes made myself relevant to a Tri/AR forum and general updating. If any of you, Mods alike, have charter recommendations feel free to PM me. Also, if someone with time on their hands would like to compile a known list of ahem, taboo tri threads, I can provisionally display in the charter too to help newbies understand.

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11-07-2012, 17:23	#48
ecoli Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 7,912 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Athletics / Running	Admins have got back to me and has lit a fire under them so should be in the next few weeks just depending on exactly how long it takes to set up the forum (seemed to have slipped through the cracks)

31-07-2012, 09:31	#53
RayCun Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,219 Adverts \| Friends	Last time ecoli asked, they said that they could only make this sort of change during off-peak hours. Apparently there are all sorts of linkages in the background and one change can have a cascading effect, so they can't do it while the site is busy. And then they need to have an admin who is awake during those hours, and not busy with something else that has to be done off-peak (like all the look and feel changes)

31-07-2012, 09:43	#54
RacoonQueen Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sitting in my car outside the east stand Posts: 13,230 Adverts \| Friends	Yet there was no problem setting up this subforum? Still makes no difference to me whether it's a subforum or a standalone forum. Just seems very unecessarily drawn out.

31-07-2012, 09:56	#57
RacoonQueen Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sitting in my car outside the east stand Posts: 13,230 Adverts \| Friends	If we'd done that in January...

31-07-2012, 10:02	#59
Oryx Made of Ticky Tacky Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: On the hillside Posts: 13,173 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Health & Fitness, Paranormal, Sex & Sexuality, Spirituality	Things here seem to be done in order of importance. This, clearly, is not important. I've seen similar with another specialist forum that was due to be set up, and a lot of effort put into it. Years later, and it never happened. Everyone involved on mod level has simply given up, and to be honest, I no longer imagine that admin level does what we want or ask for anymore, the beast is too big to cater for the likes of us minions.

31-07-2012, 10:09	#60
peter kern Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 752 Adverts \| Friends	thats the way to treat ones volunteers, that help to generate money for free ...... If you guys are so interested in the change writing a small email remindiining them that you help them to make money.... might help ;-)