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John:
--- Quote ---maybe it should be enlarged to encompass different aspects
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Do you have something more in mind than just adding headings or Categories to post under?
--- Quote ---move topics and discussions to where they need to be...if more than two or three posts are entered \"off-topic\" then the thread is split
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Good points.
There have only been a few times that I have gone to any forums other than the Sharing Place and this one so I don\'t know how they are handled. I have split a few topics that got off track over the past year and just figured out what Locking and Pinning do a week or so ago. I am trying to set back from overseeing the Forum and Website more and more since others have volunteered to help out.
:D
Guest:
John,
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Greg
Guest:
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This stuff is what I do for a living.
--- Quote from: John ---
--- Quote ---maybe it should be enlarged to encompass different aspects
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Do you have something more in mind than just adding headings or Categories to post under?
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I regards to Angela\'s post that John quoted, I have tons of ideas beyond just enlarging the forums and categorizing them. Here are just a few ideas that could be implemented for the site:
1) A \"members only\" section. A place where paid membership users get access to within the site.
2) An email mailing list
3) Interactive Photo Galleries
4) Realtime chat rooms
5) Live news feeds
6) Classifieds
7) Vendor, breeder, and subscriber directories.
8) Interactive Event calendars
9) Ecommerce / Shopping Cart
10) Paid vendor advertisements (ad space ... In some cases, it makes sense but I don\'t always like the obnoxious ones that are distracting and other times, I just want a totaly ad free site).
But back to the topic at hand, the forum itself can be expanded to handle more than just chicken discussions. Spinoffs of the byproducts, like garden fertilizer and the other more bizarre alternative uses of chicken manure such as jewelry, paint, yard ornaments, and such.
We can even have discussions of the obvious benefits that a crowing rooster has on noise pollution...if one rooster will do then why not have 47???
There are endless possibilites in the HowTo guides such as getting back at an annoying neighbor by tying a rooster under their bedroom window or my alltime favorite, the notorious \"present\" left at their doorstep.
Come on people! Use your imagination, let the juices flow, stretch out those creative bones and lets make this site one to be envied!!!!
Guest:
I agree in principle with Wesley -- I also understand John\'s position re ABC Sharing Place (of which I and many others are also members).
Certainly, we don\'t want to duplicate efforts. Is everyone from ABC Sharing Place here? If so...perhaps merging the Sharing Place flock to here and adding the Sharing Place Admins to our Admins, then defuncting Sharing Place -- and expanding this board\'s capability as Wesley suggests would be something to consider. I hope I\'m not hurting anyone\'s feelings in suggesting this, but if everyone here is on both boards, I do think it\'s worthwhile to at least consider bringing everyone here -- kind of like tearing down two smaller coops and building one big one.
Right now, there is a lot of breed-specific as well as general poultry knowledge all buried in posts. Suppose I wanted to find out all about Wheatens -- or all about Silvers -- or how to build a brooder box without voiding my homeowner\'s insurance policy -- that knowledge is here, but you\'d have to dig deep to find it. More than simply categorizing the messages, I\'d like to see a knowledge base -- and I would be willing to pay a fee to access one.
I would love to see a breeder\'s list here. Someone wants Ameraucanas, comes here -- finds a breeder; the chicken farmer gets Ameraucanas and the breeder earns income. I found my source/breeder/mentor right here on this board -- but by digging through the posts -- and finding that nugget.
The ABC site is an excellent place to be -- perhaps this discussion will make it even better.
John:
--- Quote ---adding the Sharing Place Admins to our Admins,
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FYI, Rita and Vicky were invited to be administrators on this Forum when it started. They both thanked me for the offer but declined. They felt there is plenty of room for two Ameraucana forums. I then asked for volunteers and Susie and Laura stepped forward.
It should be noted that Rita suggested that the club start a message board several years ago. I didn\'t even know such things existed at the time and don\'t think many others at that meeting did either. Anyway the club didn\'t act on her proposal so she started the Sharing Place.
--- Quote ---I would love to see a breeder\'s list here.
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That is something I\'ve wanted for years also. It should be brought up at the annual meeting for discussion and referred to the Board of Directors for a vote if there is support.
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