Agassi2000
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CouncilSo I remember hearing something about a council on this forum. When will we start one (will we?)?
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admin
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I would say...once we get about 30 members we can have a council. It will help run the forum (will be discussed when it actually happens).
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J-man
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cool 
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leftys_rock
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that sounds good too....how many active people do we have on here anyway?? thats not counting the people who have zero posts.....or who have like 2 but havent posted for a while....
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big server
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What is exactly a council?
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leftys_rock
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like elected ppl and stuff....
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J-man
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yeah it's like having a goverment for the fourm, that run it and stuff. keeps order among the people  
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leftys_rock
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if we have one, how many officers will we have?? cuz there seems to be no need for a treasurer or a vp either unless the presidents internet breaks down or something....
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admin
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | if we have one, how many officers will we have?? cuz there seems to be no need for a treasurer or a vp either unless the presidents internet breaks down or something.... |
I don't think it will need to be that complicated.
No president or anything, probably it will end up being a few people who get voted, and there will be re-elections so there don't become complete power-houses.
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Agassi2000
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| admin wrote: | | leftys_rock wrote: | | if we have one, how many officers will we have?? cuz there seems to be no need for a treasurer or a vp either unless the presidents internet breaks down or something.... |
I don't think it will need to be that complicated.
No president or anything, probably it will end up being a few people who get voted, and there will be re-elections so there don't become complete power-houses. |
Yeah I don't think we need things like a treasurer. It should be good in a simple way.
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leftys_rock
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ok sounds good so like what will the officers be able to do??
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admin
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | ok sounds good so like what will the officers be able to do?? |
I'm not sure yet. Most likely will discuss in a private section and bring concerns, requests, ideas, or information to me. Maybe other things; if you guys want to add your oppinion about what the council should do, talk now before we start it!
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leftys_rock
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we havent really have had problems with certain users on this site, but they can probably help if there was a mariafan problem...but there arent any problems here so i really dont know....
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admin
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | we havent really have had problems with certain users on this site, but they can probably help if there was a mariafan problem...but there arent any problems here so i really dont know.... |
Problems like that I can easily deal with. They would not "fix" problems, but discuss basically anything they wish to and bring it to me and I can try to address it. Trust me, it will make more sense later.
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J-man
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percy let's say mariafan comes on this fourm. if you banned her would she be able to come back, like N_E_A on the CP fourm???
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Guest
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so there will just be officers of each forum?? or just officers in general??
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admin
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| J-man wrote: | | percy let's say mariafan comes on this fourm. if you banned her would she be able to come back, like N_E_A on the CP fourm??? |
Well if she did continue to come back, yes I would be able to permanently ban her computer. No worries .
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J-man
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| admin wrote: | | J-man wrote: | | percy let's say mariafan comes on this fourm. if you banned her would she be able to come back, like N_E_A on the CP fourm??? |
Well if she did continue to come back, yes I would be able to permanently ban her computer. No worries . |
ewwww, awsome
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admin
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| Anonymous wrote: | | so there will just be officers of each forum?? or just officers in general?? |
I'm not sure yet about everything. Once I figure it out I will explain it. Make suggestions here, but I can't yet answer all questions right now.
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leftys_rock
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alrighty thx percy ...well thank god that mariafan is gone now...but it would be so funny to see her banned from here.....and trying to get in....
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Agassi2000
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| admin wrote: | | J-man wrote: | | percy let's say mariafan comes on this fourm. if you banned her would she be able to come back, like N_E_A on the CP fourm??? |
Well if she did continue to come back, yes I would be able to permanently ban her computer. No worries . |
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leftys_rock
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being able to ban mariafan would make me feel so good
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J-man
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banning people in general would feel good.
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leftys_rock
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ya thats true...especially like mariafan....
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admin
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Banning will be a last resort. I do not want to do that; hopefully I never will have to, but if it is clear to me that there is a problem, I will talke action. The council can also request someone get banned is necessary.
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leftys_rock
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ok, but u will take a look at it just to make sure its not a joke right??
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admin
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | ok, but u will take a look at it just to make sure its not a joke right?? |
I would never just ban someone without really looking into it. And anyway, there is always just a temporary ban, like a warning. Plus they may just get a PM or e-mail warning.
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leftys_rock
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ok sounds good but how will we vote on it when there are only a few active members??
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admin
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | ok sounds good but how will we vote on it when there are only a few active members?? |
We won't. We will wait until this forum is larger.
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leftys_rock
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ok then
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J-man
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the banning policy sounds good
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leftys_rock
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yup unlike at CP where there was barely a banning policy at all...
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J-man
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | yup unlike at CP where there was barely a banning policy at all... |
but when they did it was easy to get back on
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leftys_rock
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ya.....but here if they get banned permanently, they cant get back on which is good...
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J-man
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yeah i know
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leftys_rock
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like on the CP forum, like there would be so many private arguments going on in the forum, so u would mostly be reading about arguments, but here, there arent any...
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J-man
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yes the agurements were annoying. but kind of cool at the same time
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leftys_rock
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ya i know....especially the ones w/ the people who are really good at dealing with arguments....its was pretty funny watching the other ppl get clobbered by NEA and psalt...
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admin
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | ya i know....especially the ones w/ the people who are really good at dealing with arguments....its was pretty funny watching the other ppl get clobbered by NEA and psalt... |
I don't remember PSALT arguing that much. Arguing can be good, as long as it stays about tennis.
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leftys_rock
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i just remember the one with tennisluvah....i liked reading that one....but here, we mostly talk about tennis...
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J-man
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| admin wrote: | | leftys_rock wrote: | | ya i know....especially the ones w/ the people who are really good at dealing with arguments....its was pretty funny watching the other ppl get clobbered by NEA and psalt... |
I don't remember PSALT arguing that much. Arguing can be good, as long as it stays about tennis. |
me ethier. i just remeber N_E_A, aguring alot.
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leftys_rock
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oh well...they both were still very knowledgeable about tennis....u just didnt want to get on their wrong side...
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J-man
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yeah i know. it could mean the end of you
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Agassi2000
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | ...im a SF now |
Yeah in 2 days...thats kind of scary.
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J-man
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | yeah i know...but theyve gotta be really smart to not let the argument get into their head....i would have completely blown up if that was me...im a SF now |
damn. that was really fast  
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leftys_rock
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oh well ur still pretty close to being a finalist....yeah doing it in 2 days seems scary but i just stay on the whole day....i cant do that tomorrow cuz i have school....
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Agassi2000
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | oh well ur still pretty close to being a finalist....yeah doing it in 2 days seems scary but i just stay on the whole day....i cant do that tomorrow cuz i have school.... |
I've been on this forum for a few months and have been one of the most regular posters, and I just became a quarter finalist today. I think you should relax a bit 
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J-man
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| Agassi2000 wrote: | | leftys_rock wrote: | | oh well ur still pretty close to being a finalist....yeah doing it in 2 days seems scary but i just stay on the whole day....i cant do that tomorrow cuz i have school.... |
I've been on this forum for a few months and have been one of the most regular posters, and I just became a quarter finalist today. I think you should relax a bit |
no she said it was rainy day where lefty_rocks is living. so nothing to do
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leftys_rock
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ya ive been jammed inside for 3 days cuz of wet weather here...but ill take it easy during the weekdays....ill be back on weekends....maybe a little during the weekdays but not as much as like today...
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admin
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I have to admit, the brand new topics created by Tennis on the CP Discussion Board are really awful. They must be really desperate for action. They don't even really make sense.
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J-man
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| admin wrote: | | I have to admit, the brand new topics created by Tennis on the CP Discussion Board are really awful. They must be really desperate for action. They don't even really make sense. |
yeah and no one is really posting. it's boring there.
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Babzzzzz
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| admin wrote: | | I have to admit, the brand new topics created by Tennis on the CP Discussion Board are really awful. They must be really desperate for action. They don't even really make sense. |
Yeah, and they still have those year-end polls running. Now it's getting really, really old...That's why I prefer this board !
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admin
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To me those new topics seem to be pretty much exactly the same as the ones Tennis deleted. I think this is just so people will think it's new and will look at it.
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J-man
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on the cp board their also talking about new rackets the players have been using. we've been pretty much talking about that for some time now
but they have some nice pics of the rackets
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Not_Even_Amateur
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| admin wrote: | | I have to admit, the brand new topics created by Tennis on the CP Discussion Board are really awful. They must be really desperate for action. They don't even really make sense. |
Ye, at the minute I only really post a lot on CP if there are any interesting debates going on. A lot of people do not like the arguments, but look at the new topics, BORING. As most are. I am in a couple of debates as we speak with dav789, I don't mind those kinds of things, especially if I am right.
I see your points though, those two new topics are pretty desperate percy.
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dav6789
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Well if u find them boring, dont reply to them.
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Not_Even_Amateur
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| dav6789 wrote: | | Well if u find them boring, dont reply to them. |
You fail to miss the fact that I didn't, idiot. Are you stupid on purpose? I replied to the Roddick debate. Nothing to do with the ACTUAL TOPIC. Please, try and sort your brain out. You come across as ridiculously stupid.
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big server
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| Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | dav6789 wrote: | | Well if u find them boring, dont reply to them. |
You fail to miss the fact that I didn't, idiot. Are you stupid on purpose? I replied to the Roddick debate. Nothing to do with the ACTUAL TOPIC. Please, try and sort your brain out. You come across as ridiculously stupid. |
wow...that was harsh man...
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Guest
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| Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | dav6789 wrote: | | Well if u find them boring, dont reply to them. |
You fail to miss the fact that I didn't, idiot. Are you stupid on purpose? I replied to the Roddick debate. Nothing to do with the ACTUAL TOPIC. Please, try and sort your brain out. You come across as ridiculously stupid. |
I didnt miss any fact : YOU STILL REPLIED TO THE TOPIC. The Roddick debate was what the topic was about.
N_E_A Keep you rude and unnecassary comments to yourself . You did this before on the CP Board, and you are doing it here again. Its not needed, its just stupid
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dav6789
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| Anonymous wrote: | | Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | dav6789 wrote: | | Well if u find them boring, dont reply to them. |
You fail to miss the fact that I didn't, idiot. Are you stupid on purpose? I replied to the Roddick debate. Nothing to do with the ACTUAL TOPIC. Please, try and sort your brain out. You come across as ridiculously stupid. |
I didnt miss any fact : YOU STILL REPLIED TO THE TOPIC. The Roddick debate was what the topic was about.
N_E_A Keep you rude and unnecassary comments to yourself . You did this before on the CP Board, and you are doing it here again. Its not needed, its just stupid |
By the way that was my post .
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admin
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Please guys, at least in Admin Contact, things should stay on topic. In the future I may delete far off topic posts in this section.
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leftys_rock
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oh....sorry....we wont do that again....
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admin
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It's fine, no worries.
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leftys_rock
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so this should just talk about the council??
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J-man
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | so this should just talk about the council?? |
well i mean yeah, isn't that what the topic is about!?
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J-man
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well then give this topic a rest
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leftys_rock
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ok then.....
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leftys_rock
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are we going to establish a council?? we have thirty members now...
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J-man
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how do you pick who's going to be in the council??
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admin
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Well although we have 30 members, I think it's fair to say they are not all active. I don't think we really need a council yet, since we are still a pretty small forum. I think we'll wait for some more active members and growth before creating a council, since right now there really is no need.
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Agassi2000
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Sounds good. I don't think we need one yet either.
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J-man
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| admin wrote: | | Well although we have 30 members, I think it's fair to say they are not all active. I don't think we really need a council yet, since we are still a pretty small forum. I think we'll wait for some more active members and growth before creating a council, since right now there really is no need. |
yeah, we really don't have that many active members. some people have signed up but haven't posted once. but in soon time io think more members will become active and sign up (well at least i hope)
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leftys_rock
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ok then...how many active members do we have now??
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dav6789
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34
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leftys_rock
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oh i meant the # of people who actually post on here....
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dav6789
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Oh , probably about 10-15.People that participate in fantasy tennis are the members that post.
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leftys_rock
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so how many active members do we need to start a council??
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admin
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | so how many active members do we need to start a council?? |
You guys decide when you want one. At the moment I think it is unnecessary. The forum really should be bigger before we need any sort of council.
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leftys_rock
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ok then....
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dav6789
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What would a council actually be used for ? , although I do think it is a good idea.
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leftys_rock
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just to organize the forum i guess..
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dav6789
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Sounds good to me
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leftys_rock
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is there anything else the council is for??
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dav6789
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Well other members would have to give their opinions .
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leftys_rock
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yeah thats true....
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captainwiggly
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I think having a council is a good idea. In bigger forums they use council members to moderate certain forums. Forums that they are in charge of and if anything gets out of hand they report to the administrator. Right now it seems the same 10 to 15 people are posting which includes me who just joined today so I don't see the need to start it up yet.
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leftys_rock
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now, more people are on....so should we start a council??
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admin
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| leftys_rock wrote: | | now, more people are on....so should we start a council?? |
Are things getting out of hand? I think I am able to oversee everything right now and I don't think we need one quite yet. We seem to get a new member almost each day, so at this rate I'm sure eventually we will create one.
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J-man
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percy is doing fine right now. let's wait a while in'till we create a council.
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admin
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| J-man wrote: | | percy is doing fine right now. let's wait a while in'till we create a council. |
Thank you. I am glad you are satisfied.
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J-man
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your welcome
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leftys_rock
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ok then.....im fine with that just let us know if things get out of hand....
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Not_Even_Amateur
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Ok. I have been thinking...and as usual, I have come up with an idea.
Percy, I think you are doing an EXCEPTIONAL job at running this forum, I mean it. I have absolutely NO idea where you get the time from, well done.
I don't think you NEED any help. However, if this forum is to continue to grow as it is, I think you DESERVE someone to take a little bit of the work off of your shoulders.
I think you should stick to running EVERYTHING, however, with bits of help here and there. As you have already seen, I have suggested lots of thing to help improve Fantasy Tennis, as have other members, and together we came up with the interview idea.
What I propose is that some KIND of council is formed. I think 'council' is a term being branded about here and there, but what I suggest is more "helpers" that can deal with certain MINOR areas of the site, that would simply help you out. Personally, I KNOW you can handle it by yourself, however, if this forum continue growing at this rate the less work you have to do the more you can concentrate on IMPROVING it. Right?
So, you may have not fully understood what I meant by helpers with minor bits of the site, here is a perfect example:
The Fantasy Tennis situation, you could assing somebody to deal solely with the interviews. It is a minor part that you needn't bother with. However, that person must have your consent and you are OBVIOUSLY in charge at all times. I just feel that, it would help you and also help more people get involved in the site...a win/win situation.
Tell me what you think?
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dav6789
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That is a great idea N_E_A. I agree, the forum is growing, and the fantasy tennis needs alot of attention. Percy has obviously put ALOT of work, effort and thought into creating fantasy tennis (all of the players, tournaments etc. ), aswell as the fantasy pool...
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Kay-Kay
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The fantasy tennis must have taking a lot of time for Percy. I agree he should let someone take a little of the load off his back as the site is continuing to grow.
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admin
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Alright, well here's the situation. I am fine runnig the Fantasy Tennis League completely on my own. This makes it actually easier for me to organize things and make sure everything is on track. I will however begin "elections" for this council or "helpers", and they can help me and the forum by keeping things is check. They will have powers such as the ability to delete and move posts, something which takes a lot of time. They can (as can anyone) bring issues to my attention if things need discussing. Elections will be held every few weeks or so, so people can re-elect the same people or chose different ones if they think they have done a good job. If this sounds good, I will post the 'terms' for being elected, etc.
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dav6789
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Yeah that sound like a good idea...
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Not_Even_Amateur
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| admin wrote: | | Alright, well here's the situation. I am fine runnig the Fantasy Tennis League completely on my own. This makes it actually easier for me to organize things and make sure everything is on track. I will however begin "elections" for this council or "helpers", and they can help me and the forum by keeping things is check. They will have powers such as the ability to delete and move posts, something which takes a lot of time. They can (as can anyone) bring issues to my attention if things need discussing. Elections will be held every few weeks or so, so people can re-elect the same people or chose different ones if they think they have done a good job. If this sounds good, I will post the 'terms' for being elected, etc. |
The thing with PSALT was pretty much to the letter in terms of what I was talking about...limited actions that HELP you...but still completely under your rule. Good job.
As for elections, are they necesary? The thing with PSALT showed it doesn't particularly matter, you can choose, or people can volunteer, as long as that person is willing and able.
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admin
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| Not_Even_Amateur wrote: | | admin wrote: | | Alright, well here's the situation. I am fine runnig the Fantasy Tennis League completely on my own. This makes it actually easier for me to organize things and make sure everything is on track. I will however begin "elections" for this council or "helpers", and they can help me and the forum by keeping things is check. They will have powers such as the ability to delete and move posts, something which takes a lot of time. They can (as can anyone) bring issues to my attention if things need discussing. Elections will be held every few weeks or so, so people can re-elect the same people or chose different ones if they think they have done a good job. If this sounds good, I will post the 'terms' for being elected, etc. |
The thing with PSALT was pretty much to the letter in terms of what I was talking about...limited actions that HELP you...but still completely under your rule. Good job.
As for elections, are they necesary? The thing with PSALT showed it doesn't particularly matter, you can choose, or people can volunteer, as long as that person is willing and able. |
Yes, but this will be different. These 3 members will have moderating powers over certain sections, divided up between them, and they will disucss things about improving or helping the forum. Because they are not jsut doing a "job" and are basically representing the forum, they should be chosen by the member of the forum. There will be re-elections too to make sure everyone is happy. I will also have "veto" power if for osme reason someone is elected who I absolutely do not want (although I can't imagine this happening). Everyone can vote for 3 people (you can change your vote if you want) and I will calculate the votes. So to respect privacy, all votes will be sent to me by Private Messages. I will announce when the voting process begins.
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leftys_rock
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so, when u announce, which section will it be in?? just the announcements??
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