Thank you, Vito & the Board

[Kent K.]

I sincerely believe upgrades to this Technical Discussion Board as described in the header will prove an excellent move for NCRS and its members.
Kent

[Tom D.]

Re: Thank you, Vito & the Board

Will archive searches be improved also?
Thanks
Tom D.
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[Chuck G.]

Re: Thank you, Vito & the Board

Great move. It will make this BB much more "usable".

Chuck

[Jim D.]

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I don't see how excluding people that share the same passion is going to improve anything. When you exclude people, you diminish the "data base for information". In my eyes, it's a bad move.

[Steven S.]

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Aside from all the other stuff, I myself CAN NOT WAIT for a newer message board format.

[Dave F.]

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I agree. Even though we haven't seen the new look yet, I'm sure it will be great.

Thanks for your efforts Vito!

-Dave

[Alan S.]

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I'm looking forward to seeing the new look and changes to the board. If uploading pictures to this server leads to more pictures in the posts, this will be a very good development.
Regards,
Alan

[Dave F.]

Re: Thank you, Vito & the Board

Jim,

I can see where you're coming from, but I don't think that anyone is being excluded. Anyone can join NCRS. If someone actually does share our same passion, then the cost of an NCRS membership is a non-issue. You get a lot more for it than just the forum access.

I can almost guarantee that keeping the forum to members only would not diminish the quality of the posts. The quantity possibly, but not the quality. I have seen this first hand with other sites.

-Dave

[Jim D.]

Re: Thank you, Vito & the Board

Dave

I belong to many forums/clubs that reflect the cars that I own and this will be the only one that requires a membership to be able to contribute to their forum. Look at my NCRS number. I've been a member longer than the majority. If this is the direction the NCRS is heading, maybe it's time to leave. I may be the only one that feels this way but, that's how it is. I still feel this move is a mistake.

"I can almost guarantee that keeping the forum to members only would not diminish the quality of the posts. The quantity possibly, but not the quality. I have seen this first hand with other sites."

Obviously, I don't belong to any of the forums that you are referring to. The quantity will DEFINATELY decrease as will the quality.

Jim

[Jim W.]

Re: Thank you, Vito & the Board

I agree and look forward to the changes. Jim Weeks - Member #2978

[Chuck S.]

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Yes, I also agree...It is a courageous move in my opinion; anytime anyone in leadership makes a decision to change the status quo, there is a chance it will make a lot of people unhappy.

Recognition should also go to our esteemed "Administrator" that made the Board's decision reality with hard work...Thanks John; we're looking forward to seeing your product.

Now...Has any more thought been given to a "Parts For Sale" page with "members only" access?

[Brad K.]

Questions for the Board

Maybe I'm just ignorant, but I simply don't understand the reasons for this change. I personally like, very much, the formats and style of this forum. Maybe there have been discussions by the board that aren't obvious to me. Are non-members considered to be "undesirables" and the board wants them to cease participating? Is there a money issue and the board wants to encourage membership in order to increase dollars? Do they want to keep closer tabs on members? Do they want to eliminate a few un-ruly non-members? Or are there other reasons that are not being mentioned for some reason? For my sake it doesn't make any difference (member or non-member) who I get my Corvette questions and answers from. I simply don't want the service to deteriorate! I've been a member for 17-18 years and really like it the way it is!

I'm really not that hard to get along with, but I would like the facts!

Maybe these issues have already been discussed on this forum and I missed them. If so tell me, if not, I would like to see the board state their reasons publically on this forum.

[Rob M.]

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Yes! The complete archive is moved to a section and you can search the whole archive in one sweep!!!

[Rob M.]

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Quote: "Now...Has any more thought been given to a "Parts For Sale" page with "members only" access? "

Ha, ha, take it step by step my friend ;-)

[Rob M.]

BTW

BTW: The power failure in Florida didn't had to do with the upgrade work of this discussion board ;-)