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Guest:
Well, in that case, this board and Sharing Place could actually complement one another -- by each one offering and focusing on some aspect that the other does not. Since a number of us partake on both boards -- both boards operating in coordination can only be a good thing....it would expand the audience and promote greater interest in the breed.

The objective is to promote knowledge of Ameraucanas; varieties within breed; strains within varieties; crosses; as well as unite buyers and sellers of hatching eggs, day-olds, and mature Ameraucana, straight run or sexed; and to announce shows.

Guest:
I too would like to see topic categories and a breeder\'s list.  I think a member\'s section is a good idea in theory, but I\'m not clear what that section would encompass.  and the idea of a knowledge base or \'library\' of specific info is fab!  but not everyone on this board also goes to the Sharing Place, so I don\'t think the \'stuff\' or topics or what have you should be parcelled out between the two.  this is the Official Club site- people shouldn\'t have to go to an additional site to find info.  times change, clubs and boards grow.  there is no reason to think that 2 boards couldn\'t get along just fine, with plenty of traffic to go around.

but if nothing else, definitely add topic headings please!

Guest:
Did this discussion ever come to a point where we had enough concensus to decide in favor of or against adding more categories to this forum?

Guest:
Bumping this thread back to the top.

I see 5 votes in favor of adding categories to the forums and zero against in just the few people that responded.

Guest:
Hi all,
John, if there were to be any changes made to the web site\'s formatting I would agree to adding a \"General\" discussion section. That way the \"Market Place\" section could be used as the \"for sale / wanted\" section it was intended as. A breeder\'s section would be nice but quite honestly we all pretty much know each other here on the forum and as members, we get a really nice listing of all the other folks in our club who have birds. To me that would be encouragement enough for people to want to join the club, they get a free breeder\'s listing along with their membership, lol. Since the \'Market Place\' gives a more or less current listing of what people actually have available it seems redundant to list ameraucana breeders directly on the site.

I would like to point out a few things regarding \"members only\" discussion sections and chat rooms. In my experience they tend to be a turn off to potential new members and can certainly put a damper on lively discussions. Non members and members alike can benefit a great deal from each other. On the sites and forums I\'ve managed over the years I\'ve found daily maintenance to be a \"killer of joy\" something akin to the \"discussion police\", lol. It\'s perfectly natural for discussions to meander and change. If you start pulling parts and pieces of a discussion and relocating them to another thread or area you\'ll soon find that the original meanings begin to change and the context can become vastly different than the authors intended.

Just to sum up my thoughts on what I feel would be realistic and \'manageable\';
Discussion forums~
   General Discussions
   Marketplace Discussions

Periodically updated pages (suggestion for addition to the front page) ~
   Monthly or Quarterly \'paid\' advertisements

Regards,
Dan Demarest
Auxvasse, MO

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