Let me say first “Mike raises a good question” However, our forum is already a great site, one of the best when I compare it to some others that are on the net.
Everyone responding so far to Mike’s question and or concerns makes good points. In another forum, Mike’s post may have already turned into a back and forth argument. Trust me, I know, I’ve belonged to such forums. The way members are responding to Mike here bears witness to ...
“Just what a great forum this already is”
Yes, improvements can always be made and they have been made over the years in this forum. Much time has been devoted by a few Members here to make it so. For most on there minds has always been “The Forum / Site is not only about our cars, it’s foremost about people” in the past 30 years (before I made my company a holding company and no longer provided service to my Customers), my desk always had this little stone (see attached image) on my desk. No additional words are necessary to further elaborate on the attached image. It is well known that there are more followers than leaders. Members that have shaped this forum to what it is are in my mind Great Leaders and do deserve our sincere thanks for building and shaping this site over the years. Remember, it all started way back then by a handful of individuals, devoting their time and effort to make the site what it is today.
Now, there is always room for improvements. And one of our new Directors has taken on the task to construct a Membership Survey asking for input from the Membership.
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https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=28765.0I am sure once Alex has a chance to sort thru all the responses some good points of the survey will be discussed by the Directors that will lead to more work for many.
I am guilty (since joining in 2013) of posting links. My reasoning for this was primarily to point the way to some of the newcomers to our site. It took me quite a while to familiarize myself with the site when I originally joined ... therefore when I served as Membership Director ((2016 to 2018), I started this thread here, primarily to point the way for new members and to let existing members know that a new member joined in there area or state.i am referring to this thread ....
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https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=23684.0Back to topic. We already have a great cross-section reference with Pagoda World and Pagoda Notes. Indexes have been prepared to help you go thru them and find a topic that has been detailed in the past, worked on and resolved. Perhaps in time, there will be someone stepping forward and compiling the indexes into a database that can be sorted to quirky find something one is looking for. Our Technical manual is already organized in great detail where one can find stuff quickly there already.
Perhaps as time goes by someone will organize a database that can be sorted by subject discussed, structured like our Member dataBase. Then that is a lot of work for some and might be little work for another.
In the end, it all comes down to stepping forward and volunteering to take on some of the tasks. I do hope it will never become too easy to find stuff and that interaction of our members is maintained. As said this is what it is all about, people helping people that they become friends.
Happy Top-Down Motoring to All (knocking hard on wood)
Dieter
