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joeroket wrote:
I created a thread here,
http://forum.nwcdl.org/index.php?topic=78.msg343#msg343 with the hopes of trying to drive some traffic to the site and because it is specifically for Washington and we have a calendar to keep track of things.
There are some suggestions in the above mentioned thread. If you don't want this planned last minute then please head over to it and throw in your opinion.
Sounds like we're told we HAVE to use this to me. Historically, THIS board has been used to plan OPEN CARRY meetups, since, y'know, it's OPEN CARRY DOT ORG.
You don't have to be registered to read, but you do to post. Therefore, if you want to be involved in the planning aspect of the next meetup, you have to register on that forum.
I have no problem with the idea behind NWCDL.org, in fact, I think it's a great idea. But it's like a group of people inside the Washington forum decided to move their discussions elsewhere, and are now telling others, "Join up, or miss out on the next event!". Sorry, but that's how I'm reading this. I see the folks who are on OCDO, and the people who are on NWCDL, split into two groups.
Is what is posted there going to be mirrored there, and vice versa? All the sudden, an arbitrary decision was made by a few people that nobody else had any idea about, and others, including myself, are left shaking our heads and going, "When the hell did the monthly meetup discussions get moved off this board? Join your forum or be left out?" Sounds like an ultimatum to me, and a cheap way to get people to join your forum over there. If you want people to join your board, you should start by giving people a reason they should join up, not tell them suddenly they have to join up over there or miss out being able to discuss the January meetup.
My point in all this is not to cause a division or upset anyone, in fact, it's the opposite. If some of us go over to the other forum, and some of us decide not to, then we've effectively split our group here on OCDO into 2, and problems start from there. That's just how I see it. How can you not say, given the posts above, that what we are being told, after someone asks for suggestions of locations to meet, that we have to go to the other forum, or be left out of the discussion? If you really think that, you are blinded by your desire to drive traffic to your site, and not seeing the big picture. If I am wrong, fine, it wouldn't be the first time, and if someone explains it to me so I understand, I'll admit it, here, publicly. But clarify what the true purpose in coming on here and saying "Go to our forum to discuss this, rather than doing it here." What is that purpose, other than to take the discussion away from here?
I'm not trying to attack you or your site Greg, and I'm trying not to have an attitude; you've met me in person and I'm not a rude person if I can help it. I just think what I'm writing is being misunderstood; it's not attitude I'm trying to convey, it's concern.
I just don't understand what is going on here and I don't want to see our people divided into two groups; every time I've seen something like this where someone on a forum creates another place, two camps form and the communication between them eventually ceases. I know that's not your intention, but that's what I see happening in the future. I know you want to use the calendar function, and that's great, it sounds like a good idea, but I just think pushing people here to use the forum there for OC related discussion and meetup planning is a bad idea. Use the calendar, great tool, but the OC discussion and plans to meet for an OC event should remain here, on OCDO. That's all I'm saying.
