04-03-2017, 09:03 AM
The forum has been running for just over 6 months now and it is time to review its operation and its future.
The numbers of new participants/members has dropped dramatically in the last two months and is currently stagnant in the 180s.
The new posts have followed a similar trend and, while the total visitors do not appear to have dropped, members are not making any effort to ask their questions or stating details on their happenings. A forum is only as interesting as the posts that its users make.
It begs the question whether it is providing a useful function to the amateur fraternity here in Australia.
This poll will hopefully give insight into what you think should happen.
1. Unchanged : Let it continue as was envisaged from the beginning - as a replacement for the archived VKLogger forum.
2. Restructured : It needs to be restructured to be better in some form. { If this is your choice then please post your suggestions against this topic }
3. Not required : This type of forum has expired in terms of usefulness and you consider that Facebook (or other) provides a better or more attractive environment. { If this is your choice then please post your weblinks or suggestions against this topic }
Please note that the presentation package for the forum has been under review for some months and may change from the current PHPBB3 to a suitable alternative. That would mean that it no longer looks just like the old VKLogger forum but would provide similar end functionality. The current content would be transferred across to the new package. Those possible changes reflect only on selection 1 - Unchanged.
There is no plan to immediately terminate the forum regardless of your selection. The original view was that it would continue for some years into the future and that view has not changed.
Please cast your vote and also any feedback and suggestions.
Doug VK4ADC
ADMIN
The numbers of new participants/members has dropped dramatically in the last two months and is currently stagnant in the 180s.
The new posts have followed a similar trend and, while the total visitors do not appear to have dropped, members are not making any effort to ask their questions or stating details on their happenings. A forum is only as interesting as the posts that its users make.
It begs the question whether it is providing a useful function to the amateur fraternity here in Australia.
This poll will hopefully give insight into what you think should happen.
1. Unchanged : Let it continue as was envisaged from the beginning - as a replacement for the archived VKLogger forum.
2. Restructured : It needs to be restructured to be better in some form. { If this is your choice then please post your suggestions against this topic }
3. Not required : This type of forum has expired in terms of usefulness and you consider that Facebook (or other) provides a better or more attractive environment. { If this is your choice then please post your weblinks or suggestions against this topic }
Please note that the presentation package for the forum has been under review for some months and may change from the current PHPBB3 to a suitable alternative. That would mean that it no longer looks just like the old VKLogger forum but would provide similar end functionality. The current content would be transferred across to the new package. Those possible changes reflect only on selection 1 - Unchanged.
There is no plan to immediately terminate the forum regardless of your selection. The original view was that it would continue for some years into the future and that view has not changed.
Please cast your vote and also any feedback and suggestions.
Doug VK4ADC
ADMIN