Two proposed changes to this mb and website.

Originally Posted By: gromicko
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Whenever I get enough members (and non-members) proposing something… perhaps we should consider it. Two such proposals are being repeated regularly.


---The first is to make this NACHI forum of this message board open only to members to post, but leaving it where all can read. In other words, you would have to be a NACHI member to post on this particular forum since it is titled "NACHI." This proposal is coming mostly from members. It is argued that the non-members keep posting the same old stuff over and over.

---The second is to down play http://www.nachi.org/whats_new.htm to the extent where we even remove the existing links to it from the left blue border and the home page. This proposal is coming from mostly non-members but with some support from members. It is argued that NACHI's What's New page is public belittlement of other association's inability to keep up such a pace.

What are your thoughts on these?


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Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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Members only for everything but the technical forums. Technical forums should stay open for information from people like Bob Badger and Greg Fretwell, etc.



Keep "Whats New" as is. If others can't keep up, so be it.


Originally Posted By: aleleika
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bwiley wrote:
Members only for everything but the technical forums. Technical forums should stay open for information from people like Bob Badger and Greg Fretwell, etc.


Keep "Whats New" as is. If others can't keep up, so be it.


Agree with Blaine...Members only for all but Technical. And my vote goes to keeping the what's new link.


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Originally Posted By: lungar
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#1YES---------#2NO


Originally Posted By: lewens
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I concur


Larry



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Originally Posted By: jbushart
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bwiley wrote:
Members only for everything but the technical forums. Technical forums should stay open for information from people like Bob Badger and Greg Fretwell, etc.


Keep "Whats New" as is. If others can't keep up, so be it.


Ditto. I would add that the first time a non-member enters off topic garbage to a technical forum, that person's IP be banned and his posts deleted immediately.


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Originally Posted By: kwilliams
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forum, that person’s IP be banned and his posts deleted immediately.



Member - MAB


http://www.nachi.org/convention2006.htm

Originally Posted By: John Bowman
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Nick,


This should be sent to the mab for comment and research.


Originally Posted By: Aimee Jalowsky
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keep the NACHI Foundation, Misc and Technical Forums open to all. Close the rest to members only.


Originally Posted By: Michael D Thomas
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Hum… went to post some (IMO) useful information on relatively inexpensive image stabilizing binoculars in a forum where someone had asked a binocular question, and discovered I could not post there.


It?s NACHI?s board, and the operators/moderators are free to run it according to whatever rules they prefer, but at least in this instance it would appear to be a case of cutting off your nose, etc?


Originally Posted By: kwilliams
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Michael, if you posted here with no problems, there is no reason why you can’t post in the general section, try it again



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http://www.nachi.org/convention2006.htm

Originally Posted By: psabados
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If you make it a members only participating forum, then there would really be no need for this forum. We already have a members only thread. What would be the need to continue with both Forums?


Also two other area's of redundant posting being used is in the Misc and General areas. Other than the non member garbage dump, this Forum is useless.

Eliminate any thread highjacking in the Tech Threads immediately.

Paul


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Originally Posted By: jfarsetta
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I think its about time to re-vamp the board.


There neds to be a new splash page. Very professional and very NACHI-salesy.

Contained therein, should be three links only.

Members Entry
Realtors
Buyers and Sellers

NACHI has matured as an organization. Its time for the board to evolve into something more than it surrently is. BB stays behind the scenes, and still accessible..


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Originally Posted By: aleleika
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jfarsetta wrote:
I think its about time to re-vamp the board.

There neds to be a new splash page. Very professional and very NACHI-salesy.

Contained therein, should be three links only.

Members Entry
Realtors
Buyers and Sellers

NACHI has matured as an organization. Its time for the board to evolve into something more than it surrently is. BB stays behind the scenes, and still accessible..


This in my opinion is an excellent Idea with a new professional splash page.


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Originally Posted By: kwilliams
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I think Chris has been working on it



Member - MAB


http://www.nachi.org/convention2006.htm

Originally Posted By: Michael D Thomas
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> Michael, if you posted here with no problems, there is no reason


> why you can’t post in the general section, try it again


Attempts to post there return:

"Sorry but only users granted special access can reply to posts in this forum"

I'd assumed that this was the sort of limitation being referred to here, but perhaps it's something else...


Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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Only members are able to post in the misc forum. Supposedly.


Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Correct, only members can post in Misc, though everyone can read it.


Perhaps we should just swap forum titles (Misc and Nachi).


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Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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If we’re going to close NACHI the same way, just eliminate the forum.


With only the tech forums open to all, we should have a forum called "trash" for the detractor off topic posts that will undoubtedly show up in there to be moved to.


Originally Posted By: Dave Bottoms
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bwiley wrote:
If we're going to close NACHI the same way, just eliminate the forum.

With only the tech forums open to all, we should have a forum called "trash" for the detractor off topic posts that will undoubtedly show up in there to be moved to.

Or you could call it "NoNachi blog." ![icon_lol.gif](upload://zEgbBCXRskkCTwEux7Bi20ZySza.gif) Joking aside, I think you're all overlooking the fact that much of the "garbage" and utter crap comes from your members.

D.


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