Fred
Plenty of what you said is absolutely correct. Assumptions and supposition are breading discontents. I have tried to be positive about it by NOT jumping to conclusions… as seen in the quotes below.
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showp...2&postcount=28
I’ve just read those rules. They are not far off most forum rules. Seems to me they have covered all the bases with the exception of one (below*). I think that the rule are fair and still leaves plenty of leeway. It’s basically about common sense curtsey and reasonable posting etiquette.
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showp...1&postcount=84
I think people are paying to much attentions to something taken out of context.
Fred, I can understand your frustration towards members that are tacking things out of context or jumping to conclusions. However you need to redirect some of that venting to the root cause. Everything compounding the members angst is due to very poor PR.
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Originally Posted by Céline
The MODS are working on lists of people they will invite personaly (by email) to join PA2. What their criteria for choosing is not something I know. Why even add this bit? It will cause fear and misunderstanding. gawd sake.
These first members will be able to invite people once the registration process is compelte (more information on that to come).
In the very near futur there is going to be a link made available to ask for an invite.
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Originally Posted by SteveX
This is absolutely atrocious PR
It would have been best if Garath or GaiaLove made these announcements at the time or day before going live. Better still it would have been best if Bill said it.
All you are going to achieve, considering the discourse within the forum, is scare people. Who ever told you to release this information now has potentially caused further mayhem on this forum. Unless that’s the intention. |
In response to the above
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showp...5&postcount=36
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Originally Posted by GaiaLove
There will be an announcement very soon made by either Gareth or Bill and the link from the main page will go to the new location. Until that time the new forum isn't to be considered "live".
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http://projectavalon.net/forum/showp...8&postcount=37
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Originally Posted by SteveX
You know there has been discourse and worry on the forum. There are threads after threads going on and on about this and that. Folk are speculating, picking apart and taking things out of context to the brief post made by admin / mods. This speculation is driving an ethos of fear.
It’s good to know that a high-ranking announcement will be made soon but hasn't the announcement just happened. The cat is already out the bag. My concern was that this premature statement would add further to the forum unrest. It is with that in mind that I state this cat out of the bag is a PR farce. I hope my estimation of further discourse is wrong and that things run smoothly.
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But today we hear, not from a big high ranking announcement, that people are already invited in and that the forum is up and running.
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21007
There are others here who are already members at PA2 and could maybe share their opinion?
Again I share your frustration but fairs fair with the allocation of blame. I appreciate the free work done by the mods but the heartache is due in part by them. Perhaps a lesson can be learnt as who makes announcements and more importantly WHEN.
Sorry mods but I had to point it out.......& set Fred straight.