My friends at the elcaminocentral Forum. Some of the members have been taking too many liberties with the Forum postings over the past few months. I want to remind everyone that the Forum has sub-forums for posting a variety of El Camino related subjects. Please NOTE that I said "El Camino" related subjects. If the subject matter of your Thread or posting does not pertain to a question, answer, or statement for discussion about El Caminos, or something that relates directly to El Caminos or to this Association - the Thread or post should NOT be posted in the sub-forums. I ask that each member who has any questions about what I've just said to go back and read the "Posting Directives" located HERE before making any more posts.
A couple of years ago, the Executive Committee reorganized the Forum and its sub-forums in an attempt to make it more user friendly for those who use the Forum for its intended purpose, and that is to be a source for El Camino related knowledge. At that time, we moved the "BS" sub-forum off the main page, to prevent the distraction it was becoming. A full 50 percent or more of the posts were began in the BS sub-forum, and both new and old members were constantly complaining about the inability to use the Forum for R & D related to the El Camino. That was a sad statement about the health of our Internet home. The problem is, we've about come full circle from those times before the reorganizing took place. The main Forum directory is again filled with irrelevant and irreverent postings that have nothing to do with El Camino - and they-re not in the BS sub-forum. An end-run of the rules, by placing the above mentioned junk Threads and postings in sub-forums not meant for BS, has been occurring on a regular basis - and it has to stop.
Before you click the button to post your Thread, make sure that the subject matter matches the subject of the sub-forum - there should be a direct relation to the sub-forum, not just a whimsical connection and not just as the subject of a joke. If it's not a serious subject, then please take it to another Forum where that material is allowed or utilize our BS sub-forum. That's what it's there for - the other 95 percent of the Forum is for serious business, that of making El Caminos better than they were!
The sniping at other members also has to stop. What started out as friendly challenges have sometimes morphed into serious personality differences that have no place on a Forum that is supposed to be assisting members and guests with their cars. If one member wants to issue a friendly challenge, we don't need all the negativity about the individuals involved. This is a "Friendly" Forum, and we need to keep it that way if our numbers are to continue growing like the past two years. We want to be THE place for El Camino owners or lovers to come to for rock-solid information, information that they can get in a short time from a bunch of super nice NECOA members. Let's go back to being those members, and drop all the trash talk and comments about other members - whether you really mean it or not. Guests and new members have no way of knowing if you mean it or not.
I guess the next question is "What chew gonna do about it if we don't follow the rules?"
I'm going to ask the moderators to join me is evaluating any post that appears to not follow the rules. If two moderators agree that the Thread or post does not follow the rules of our Forum, the Thread or post will be removed. Period! And, in case of some members not "getting it", there will be punitive actions assigned for gross or continuing violations.
I sicerely hope that the members will take this message as it is meant. It is meant to be a warning that we have strayed from the path we began two years ago, and we must get back on the right path..................Ken :dontknow:
A couple of years ago, the Executive Committee reorganized the Forum and its sub-forums in an attempt to make it more user friendly for those who use the Forum for its intended purpose, and that is to be a source for El Camino related knowledge. At that time, we moved the "BS" sub-forum off the main page, to prevent the distraction it was becoming. A full 50 percent or more of the posts were began in the BS sub-forum, and both new and old members were constantly complaining about the inability to use the Forum for R & D related to the El Camino. That was a sad statement about the health of our Internet home. The problem is, we've about come full circle from those times before the reorganizing took place. The main Forum directory is again filled with irrelevant and irreverent postings that have nothing to do with El Camino - and they-re not in the BS sub-forum. An end-run of the rules, by placing the above mentioned junk Threads and postings in sub-forums not meant for BS, has been occurring on a regular basis - and it has to stop.
Before you click the button to post your Thread, make sure that the subject matter matches the subject of the sub-forum - there should be a direct relation to the sub-forum, not just a whimsical connection and not just as the subject of a joke. If it's not a serious subject, then please take it to another Forum where that material is allowed or utilize our BS sub-forum. That's what it's there for - the other 95 percent of the Forum is for serious business, that of making El Caminos better than they were!
The sniping at other members also has to stop. What started out as friendly challenges have sometimes morphed into serious personality differences that have no place on a Forum that is supposed to be assisting members and guests with their cars. If one member wants to issue a friendly challenge, we don't need all the negativity about the individuals involved. This is a "Friendly" Forum, and we need to keep it that way if our numbers are to continue growing like the past two years. We want to be THE place for El Camino owners or lovers to come to for rock-solid information, information that they can get in a short time from a bunch of super nice NECOA members. Let's go back to being those members, and drop all the trash talk and comments about other members - whether you really mean it or not. Guests and new members have no way of knowing if you mean it or not.
I guess the next question is "What chew gonna do about it if we don't follow the rules?"
I'm going to ask the moderators to join me is evaluating any post that appears to not follow the rules. If two moderators agree that the Thread or post does not follow the rules of our Forum, the Thread or post will be removed. Period! And, in case of some members not "getting it", there will be punitive actions assigned for gross or continuing violations.
I sicerely hope that the members will take this message as it is meant. It is meant to be a warning that we have strayed from the path we began two years ago, and we must get back on the right path..................Ken :dontknow: