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Hi everyone! This is a really healthy discussion about the forum usage and drawbacks. I have posted some tutorials / quick start stuff and rearranged the forum slightly to accommodate our usage. You can find some tips under Usage Guidelines, and some netiquette information under the so-named board. To answer some of Tanya's questions: Boards (and Categories) can only be created by Moderators or the Admin. It is possible to Announce new topics, but it would be wise to keep this to a minimum. Every member can create a topic of conversation, and to broadcast every new topic would be unwieldy at best. True, the forum can become so big that one person cannot read EVERYTHING on it, but that's not the point. Certain areas like council discussion are limited in scope, and will therefore be easier to keep track of a limited number of conversations. General discussion areas can contain any number of discussions, from the state of current global affairs to how a state legislative decisions may impact the party. You can choose to be notified of all new Topics by clicking on the Notify button of any Board (or individual Topic too). This way, if you are interested in this board and any topics pertaining to it, you would be sent an email any time someone either added a topic or responded to one on this thread. I have given the notification option detail in the new Usage Guidelines board of the forum. I will also post something to the listserv as well. Here's the link to that board: http://gpco.fullydefiant.com/forum/index.php?board=37.0
Hi all! I've posted some quick start hints to the forum; the new information is accessible from the home page under Usage Guidelines. You can find it here: http://gpco.fullydefiant.com/forum/index.php?board=37.0
While I haven't had time to check out the resource deeply, it does seem like something we can use to help find and support Green candidates. I saw something similar earlier this year but it was geared toward potential Tea Party candidates. 🙂
These are ranks based on the number of posts a member has made to the forum. As you make posts in qualified boards your rank will increase. These ranks currently have no effect on your account, so don't worry about them!!
Yes, when you post you should see a link under the text box that says “Additional Options” … choose the “Notify me of replies” option and you will be informed when someone replies to that topic.
I've added some new options to the poll, as requested by Tanya. 🙂 For my part, it seems that a central location would be most beneficial to the group as a whole. Kind of a bummer, since I've been wanting a reason to get down to Telluride. 🙂 Bill B.
Thanks for the post Kevin!! I've moved your reply here and created a new topic, complete with a poll and some alternative locations that can be voted upon. This poll have been setup to allow members to cast two changeable votes. We can put a day limit on the vote when the time draws near to the point where we have to make a decision. This is an example of how we can see how people stand on an issue DURING discussion, as we work as a group toward a consensus. I encourage people to add new topics as they see fit, in the appropriate boards, to begin conversation. Blessings, Bill B.
At this point, we have invited everyone on the council and the restructuring task force to participate in the forum. 🙂 We've had a few new entries, so let's see how it goes. Blessings,Bill B.
Thank you for your inquiry Art! We can use these Q&A's as part of a general FAQ for the forum. 🙂 I understand you are inquiring about the lack of a reply link on the initial posts to the P&G Discussion board and Bylaws Discussion board. Those topics are "locked" -- so they don't allow replies.. and "stickied" so they will always remain at the top of the page. I have edited those posts to reflect their intent. When I posted them, I should have been more communicative about their purpose and why they were locked in that fashion. They are there so that they can be referred to during discussion, and updated with new links when changes are made, without losing the thread in a list of topics and replies. 🙂 Feel free to create a new "Topic" using the "New Topic" button to create a new discussion thread on the board. Users creating topics of discussion is the key to how the board works. If a topics gets too big we can break it down into several smaller topics that can be talked about in tandem. We've had a few signups to the forum, so I am looking forward to seeing how this process begins to unfold. Blessings, Bill B.
Hi Jonesy! Thanks again for the feedback. I'm going to be doing some work on the forum over this next week to make it a little more hospitable for council members. It would be nice to get a facilitator and do some test runs to see how the process will work in reality. I agree with your interpretation of 4.2.2. It might be something we want to touch upon in the restructuring to make it officially say something closer to your statement.
Jonesy, Thank you for this precise structure to start utilizing this new forum! Michael stated in another thread that he feels most councilmembers will be familiar enough with this that we could start using it sooner rather than later. I hope these structural enhancements will lend some familiarity to the forum so we can see how it will benefit inter-party communications. I like the idea of allowing locals a space at the forum; this could make it easier for locals to work together and for the state to become more involved where it can without getting in the way. Most of your ideas I think benefit most from being implemented and discussed to sharpen them over time. Maybe we should also begin a Board specifically for forum structure discussion, outside of the RTF forum. Bill B.
The names can be changed, but it is simply a reflection on the number of posts you've made to the forum. the levels currently are: 1. newbie 0 posts2. jr member 50 posts3. full member 100 posts3. sr. member 250 posts3. hero member 500 posts
