Forum Organization / Set-up Poll

[bettercounsel]

I think the course would only be allowed for playas; no haters allowed.

[ChingLizard]

Originally Posted by bettercounsel

I think the course would only be allowed for playas; no haters allowed.

Oh no...I wasn't intending on playing in it, I just want to spectate and maybe be a cheerleader!

Is Matt planning any workdays?

[kinace]

Originally Posted by Larry at Work

Is Matt planning any workdays?

well...i could stand to do some laundry and there are still some boxes that need unpacking since the move.

oh...and men are only allowed if they are the guest of at least, but not limited to, three women. i have to keep the ratio in my favor.

[ERicJ]

It might aid the discussion if we all used the same terminology.

Technically this is a "forum":
Area courses
But because it is closed to postings it acts as a "category".

This is also a "forum":
Agnes Moffitt Park
For the purposes of this discussion it is called a "forum" even though it is a sub-forum or child-forum of the Area Courses forum.

This is a "thread":
Course Information Page
There can be many "threads" inside a forum.

[ChingLizard]

I see a visual course directory linked to on the front page.

I was able to navigate to an alphabetical listing of them, but it was a bit convoluted to figure it out and get the selection criteria just right.

I'll see about locating something a little more straight-forward for an alphabetical listing of area courses.

Once I get that figured out and Nick gets it online, then I'll start on the restructuring of the discussion areas. With any luck, it might start happening this weekend!

[ERicJ]

Originally Posted by Larry at Work

I see a visual course directory linked to on the front page.

I was able to navigate to an alphabetical listing of them, but it was a bit convoluted to figure it out and get the selection criteria just right.

I'll see about locating something a little more straight-forward for an alphabetical listing of area courses.

Once I get that figured out and Nick gets it online, then I'll start on the restructuring of the discussion areas. With any luck, it might start happening this weekend!

Use this link to get an alphabetical list of all the courses within 50 miles of downtown.

But I think the poll results at the top of the thread speak for themselves....

[Miller]

Originally Posted by Larry at Work

Once I get that figured out and Nick gets it online, then I'll start on the restructuring of the discussion areas. With any luck, it might start happening this weekend!

So is this a democracy or a dictatorship?? 95% is a pretty strong opinion...

[ChingLizard]

Originally Posted by Miller

So is this a democracy or a dictatorship?? 95% is a pretty strong opinion...

So those are the only two choices? If so, then it is as equally flawed as the survey ERic referred to.

I have never purported to put this message board together by democratic process. I will seek input from time to time but that doesn't make it democratic either. I've disliked the way this was reorganized but I gave it a chance and I stated that I wouldn't alter it until we had a better course directory on the main site where folks can find what they want alphabetically or geographically. Those are aimed at providing reference material. It doesn't make sense to structure the discussion board that way to me.

If you look at the general structure of the discussion board (both this one and the ones we ran in the past) it follows my logic pattern in these ways:

The reasons why (as a club) we host this message board/forum are because it provides a way for anyone (even non-members of the club) to rapidly exchange information back and forth with other users. The website itself usually isn't dynamic enough to allow input from 10 or 15 different folks...or even more than one person. So the message board allows a lot more folks to provide dynamic and timely information to our community.

What would the club have need to inform folks about? That pretty much explains the first section of the discussion board: "HFDS Club"

Who else wants to provide timely information about stuff? Tournament directors and tournament players. That pretty much explains the second section of the discussion board: "Tournament Area" It is broken down into two types: In town ones and Out-of-Town ones.

What else does the club or its members need to exchange info about? I figured the Leagues would be the next biggest section of interest to our community, and it seemed like they organized themselves into/by courses. Our league directors needed their own threads because each one ran its own schedule and duration and some had holidays and what-not to contend with that others didn't. I added areas for other courses as other folks began running leagues or minis at them - examples of that were Jack Brooks and McDade even though we didn't have any club members running anything at those courses. I always provided one "catch-all" topic area for all of the other courses.

I am likely the only club officer that reads this message board. I want to be able to see at a glance what topics have activity that might be related to club business first. Coincidently, those areas are all ones that we run leagues and workdays and such-not at and hence the order of the Area Courses section which is what I'm aiming at achieving.

The reference stuff will be readily accessible on the front page of the main website, and the discussion board stuff will be setup for discussion purposes and to facilitate the communications between the club and the places where it hosts activities, and the Houston disc golf community and membership. And unfortunately...that means that this discussion board gets setup the way that I find the quickest/easiest to use.

[ERicJ]

Originally Posted by ChingLizard

I have never purported to put this message board together by democratic process. [...] And unfortunately...that means that this discussion board gets setup the way that I find the quickest/easiest to use.

So members, users, and readers be damned?

Originally Posted by ChingLizard

I am likely the only club officer that reads this message board. I want to be able to see at a glance what topics have activity that might be related to club business first.

You get all that with one link. Bookmark it and be done with it:
http://hfds.org/vbull/search.php?do=getnew

[LOU18132]

It has always been Larr-I, he does what he wants and the club has had no choice on the running of this forum. Maybe now someone will step up and challenge his actions because they have the ability to run this board.
I don't have the expertise or claim to, but a one way only forum is not what we should strive for. Dictatorship should be over now Larry, let it go.