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Post by Matt Forbes on Jun 12, 2012 16:51:18 GMT -5
Maureen and I are slowly working to adapt the forums for ease of use, as well as trying to provide sections that may be needed for our discussions.
If there is something you feel is missing or needs to be altered, let us know here and we will do our best to get it accomplished.
As we make adjustments and changes, we will post changelogs in this thread.
Thank you for your suggestions and your patience as we work to best accommodate the delegation's needs.
-Matt Forbes VA-06
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mhuttman
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Post by mhuttman on Jun 13, 2012 9:27:19 GMT -5
It looks great so far. Kudos to the forum team for setting this up
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Post by maureenmower on Jun 13, 2012 10:51:21 GMT -5
The kudos go entirely to Matt so far, as I got so involved with replying to emails, posts and Facebook comments that I never got to any board management yesterday.
However, right now things seem to be going well, so I am thinking that unless a further need presents itself, we can leave the board mostly as it is. There is one section that was discussed which I will try to get created today, but other than that, this is so far working out fairly well and we may as well see if it stays that way before making any further changes.
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Post by davidindc on Jun 13, 2012 17:03:39 GMT -5
I've got a bunch of suits that need to be altered. I'll bring them to the convention. Do I leave them with Matt or Maureen?
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Post by maureenmower on Jun 13, 2012 17:19:39 GMT -5
You can leave them with me if you want... but don't expect to get them back. ;D Hey, I gotta pay for my hotel room somehow!
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Post by Matt Forbes on Jun 13, 2012 18:27:11 GMT -5
I can certainly alter the suits... into scraps, perhaps, or a collage of well-tailored materials.
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Post by Matt Forbes on Jun 13, 2012 19:20:04 GMT -5
Chat feature added and is available in the links at the top of the page. It's very basic and, unfortunately, has no logging function, though I may go ahead and pay for the service if we decide to use it with some regularity.
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Post by Matt Forbes on Jun 14, 2012 23:03:09 GMT -5
Moving some posts between boards, trying to tidy up the topics a bit and place them in the most appropriate board at present.
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Post by Matt Forbes on Jun 14, 2012 23:11:37 GMT -5
As advance warning: You might see some posts disappear or become locked over the next day. We will be creating a board to store "resolved" questions and topics, locking those particular threads, then storing them in their own board. Additionally, some posts that might be better suited in other categories will be moved and any post that would serve better under an existing thread will be copied to a new location, then deleted from its original position.
There will be no complete and utter deletion of any threads or posts. They are simply being rerouted or moved to more appropriate locations in order to provide better of ease of use to forum participants and, in the case of the "resolved" board, to provide a readily available base of previously answered questions.
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Post by christopherabrown on Jun 15, 2012 14:55:42 GMT -5
The board needs an edit function.
A polling feature so opinion upon grievance priority and order can be registered, known and built upon is vital.
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Post by maureenmower on Jun 15, 2012 20:25:19 GMT -5
Chris,
As admin, I can see all options, so it's hard for me to tell what registered users can and can't see.
I haven't tried adding any polls yet, but that feature is usually available when you are creating a new topic, on the same page where you type the first post of the topic.
Have you tried that yet? It won't do any good if I try, since I would have the option due to my admin status, so I need to know if the registered users have that ability too.
As for editing, since you "modified" that post, I'm guessing you figured that one out, lol.
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Post by christopherabrown on Jun 18, 2012 0:07:55 GMT -5
When I posted that this forum displayed "modify" but the grievances forum did not. Maybe status is changing at times and you don't notice because of the admin display features you mention.
Meanwhile, I do have a suggestion. This comes from 18 years message board experience as a user.
More forums is not better. I see the work you've put into creating this and its nice. The problem is the more there is the harder it is to find and experience.
Interaction in threads is more intense with smaller groups than the same group over many forums of threads. This movement, despite the passage of time is still in the fledgling stage. Grievances are not yet prioritized or ordered for presentation. Strategy relating to them, how to present them has not been discussed.
I'd very much like to see all the members here crammed into one forum with steering committee acting aggressively towards ordering grievances and discussing strategy. We need accountability now, from the members to get their reasoned opinions upon priorities and order for these grievances. Our very perceptions of what can be discussed without chasing people off haven't been vetted.
We need some representation from the people in Philadelphia who are supposed to draft the actual petition.
Thanks!
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Post by maureenmower on Jun 18, 2012 3:39:24 GMT -5
Chris - there are no "people in Philadelphia", except for whichever delegates actually live there. Essentially, WE (all the delegates) are the "people in Philadelphia". Even the Steering Committee isn't based in Philly - they are from all different parts of the country. Mike Pollok is from somewhere in New York state. The only reason Philly was chosen as the site for our convention is that it is the place where the first Declaration was created... that's why they call it the "birthplace of the nation".
It is the job of ALL of us to draft the actual petition. All of these discussions are in preparation for that - exchanging ideas, improving wording, figuring out which grievances are shared by the largest percentage of all Americans, etc.
As for your request, that was pretty much the way the old forum worked. There was only one section, and all posts, no matter the topic, got crammed in there. It was a mess... topics that had important information in them would get buried by new topics that, quite often, didn't need to be created because there already was a thread on the same issue or question - only no one could find it any more.
That is why we chose to create the sections and sort things out in a more logical fashion on this forum.
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Post by Matt Forbes on Jun 18, 2012 8:50:55 GMT -5
And we can remove some boards and combine them with others, depending on the nature of the content. Moving individual threads is an easy task.
Mostly, we started with a wider array of categories and boards in response to some of the desires of the users. I added the administrative boards so that we could begin to remove clutter, but still have those posts archived.
It may be simplified here shortly, just based on which forums members are using most often and where the primary information and discussions are taking place.
It's a learning experience, throwing forums together at the last minute. I believe we're just now starting to see what it is we really need and use, as opposed to what we all wanted to have.
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Post by davidindc on Jun 18, 2012 14:37:12 GMT -5
And the Steering Committee, with one notable exception views this message board with hostility, so appeals for the Steering Comittee to do anything, voiced here, with quite literally fall on deaf ears.
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