Voting Procedure

pcar928fan;11234 wrote: Yes, I always wonder about that too...

When the question was first posed to me, it was about the website, so that is how I responded. Now it seems the question is about the forums, so:

Vendor Offers to 928 OC Member - publicly viewable so non-members can be aware of vendor offers provided to members. I solicited all vendors at one time to submit their own post, only a few responded. The vendors can change their own topic at any time they choose. This is where a volunteer would be useful to continue to reach out to Vendors to get more offers posted.

Non-928 OC Member Forums:
Goodies Store - publicly viewable where anyone can purchase 928 OC logo'd items. Essentially it is all the mementos that members will receive during a renewals (the item depends on the year being renewed). We did allow posts of desired goodies to be listed. All posts are approved by a moderator.

Say Good Morning Here - publicly viewable and any registered user can post to. This was Brad's idea, originally it was a general discussion topic.

Classifieds - publicly viewable and any registered user can post to. Where 928 items for sale or wanted to buy can be listed.

Technical Tips - publicly viewable, only moderators can update. Tips that are proven and of possible interest to 928ers are included here.

928 OC Member only forums:
928 OC Roadside Assistance Forum - a structured moderated forum where 928 OC members can list information about how they might be able to help other 928 owners particularly if they are traveling and need assistance. The forum is structured so the location of assistance can be found quickly, and if on the road, you could either reference the forum or bring one of the helpers phone number with you, and they will search the forum for you, if you break done.

928 OC Technical Library - a structured moderated forum where technical documentation "how to" on the 928 will be found. The vision is that a member could quickly find documentation on performing service tasks on the 928. The structure was derived from Greg Nichol's site. This is an area where volunteer(s) are needed to further develop, in either creating topics which point to other sites where documentation is, or in obtaining agreement form documentation owners to restructure and include it in the Technical Library. For example Greg Nichol's has agreed to let his site information be copied, and restructured, into this forum. The vision is to provide 928 owners a single place to go where all documentation on the 928 is stored or accessible from.

928 OC Member Car Profiles - where each 928 OC member can create a topic about the 928(s), post photos, describe updates, etc.

928 OC Member - a forum where 928 OC members can discuss 928 OC business

928 OC General Discussion - a forum where 928 OC members can discuss non 928 OC business, perhaps event coordination, ideas about new 928 OC programs, helping other member, etc.

928 OC Technical Discussion - a forum where 928 OC members can ask for assistance about issues they have with the 928s.

928 OC Board Votes - where all 928 OC board voting is recorded. This goes back to the inception of the forum. I asked for volunteers to migrate the votes from the previous forum, but received no offers.

928 OC Board - where 928 OC board members can discuss 928 OC issues. Email is more often used.

Event Discussions - where events can be planned and promoted. The Calendar function in the top horizontal navigation bar is where events should be published as well with perhaps a link to the event discussion in this forum. Volunteer(s) are needed to engage event coordinators to participate in posting their events to both this forum and the Calendar.

What all these change to in the future is up to the next president and the volunteers available to help....

Owing to the number of posts to this web site--as it compares to say, Rennlist or Pelican, I would combine General Discussions and Technical Discussions. No such differentiation exists or is adhered to in the two aforementioned sites.

curtisr;11434 wrote: Owing to the number of posts to this web site--as it compares to say, Rennlist or Pelican, I would combine General Discussions and Technical Discussions. No such differentiation exists or is adhered to in the two aforementioned sites.

My purposes was not to replicate the same as what they do, but rather provide a different environment. I think there are some that are primarily interested in technical discussions, so this setup allows them to just view technical posts.

Of course the members can have whatever they want, the setup was initially just what I envisioned would work best.

From my personal perspective, I watch the technical forum closely, as I might be able to help someone who has a need, or direct them to where they can get help, or perhaps learn something new. The general discussion forum is where I look if I have more time.

"Event Discussions - where events can be planned and promoted. The Calendar function in the top horizontal navigation bar is where events should be published as well with perhaps a link to the event discussion in this forum. Volunteer(s) are needed to engage event coordinators to participate in posting their events to both this forum and the Calendar."

So Stan, is this where I should have posted the track day event thread I started? If so I guess you will move it?

OBehave;11443 wrote: "Event Discussions - where events can be planned and promoted. The Calendar function in the top horizontal navigation bar is where events should be published as well with perhaps a link to the event discussion in this forum. Volunteer(s) are needed to engage event coordinators to participate in posting their events to both this forum and the Calendar."

So Stan, is this where I should have posted the track day event thread I started? If so I guess you will move it?

Yes, I would suggest organizing a track event would go in the event discussion forum. I, or one of the moderators could move it. If you can provide the link, that would help.

here is said link:

forums.928oc.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1482