RE Forum Access....

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Gadget	Gadget posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Past Forum Member Posts: 3, Visits: 144	As someone who has been lurking on here for a week or two I'd thought I'd help out (or hinder) with an outsiders view. I believe restricting some parts of the site to fee paying members is fine given that it takes time, effort and money to keep this site going. However if areas such as 'next meeting' discussions are restricted then you'll miss the passing traffic. Also if the majority of the chat occurs in these areas people like me will see what we think is a dead website and move on. By being open as it is at the moment, seeing the vibrant nature of the club and being sold on the possibilities, without anyone consciously trying, I'm now considering G4 ownership (the one at Nene overland looks good). At which point the membership fee becomes a no-brainer. I was thinking of changing my 'normal' D3 to a 'ordinary' 110 with some expedition mods. This site has opened up further possibilities. In short: Yes, have a restricted area but keep the majority open. A welcome page or even a welcome forum won't convince people to stump up the cash. How about this....a voluntary contribution where people who have contributed get a marker in the left hand side of each post. You may be surprised how many people will pay up through embarrassment after they've been registered and using the site for a while. Anyway, thats my first post. I thought I'd make it useful rather than just a 'hello'. -------------------------------- D3 owner but closet G4 admirer.
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Marnix L	Marnix L posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 57, Visits: 396	deffinitive answers for one and all will be forth coming after peterbro, please do come and talk to us on the stand and discuss, much appreciated with your concerns and comments sorry to be the advocates devil again, but how many people will come to this event and talk to you about your ideas for the forum? only a handful, and the majority here is left in the cold :( just keep the forum as it is, will be much better, and yes I'm positive for the membership fee if it is for : - buying exclusive G4 stuff WITH the guarantee that it will not be sold on ebay or any other channel - exclusive magazine - unique G4 events BUT not only in the UK, for example an event in Marquenterre-France, participation on national LR events throughout Europe and even outside Europe ( of course in collaboration with the organizers ) if you go for this type of formula, I'm sure that you will have a lot of forum visitors, and in the long run a lot of paying members ( and eventually I'll even become a member ) hope that my voice will not be lost in the lonely desert greetz Marnix ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you love life, don't waste time, because time is what life is made of
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VA	VA posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 61, Visits: 662	Personally I always believe subscription on forums is a bad idea - you basically lock the forum and only a few diehard members actually take part. I think you will find a decrease in members and slowly fewer and fewer posts. There are people out there who have valuable contributions to make but why should they pay to help others? It's your site, your choice - If every site did this I'd be bankrupt!
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~~willowkis~~	w ~~willowkis~~ posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
w Group: Banned Members Posts: 1.2K, Visits: 9K	martin bisby (9/7/2007) kim, yes one vehicle one membership, we will fine tune the log on logistics regards martin Hi Martin, Thanks fot that, I will come and find you at Peterborough to discuss the other point ;) Looking forward to meeting you. Kim :D ___________________________________________ Kim (Born to shop.... :P) Allsebrook (aka willowkis) I've been Tango'd G4 110 - BV55 ZBU - Now registered as K1 CAA Vehicle No. 112 Set-Up & Logistics Thailand & Laos
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martin bisby	martin bisby posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
Group: G4 Member Posts: 657, Visits: 2.7K	everyone deffinitive answers for one and all will be forth coming after peterbro, please do come and talk to us on the stand and discuss, much appreciated with your concerns and comments marnix, magazine on the drawing board, news letter draft copy in next two weeks kim, yes one vehicle one membership, we will fine tune the log on logistics usa, i have a list of G4 owners, all 50 of you :w00t: so i will be sending out letters soon, help appreciated with offers to re-mail from bulk the idea to shift forum access is not intended to alienate any one, however we do need to move the membership benefits forward. regards martin 2003 Stage 3 Event Vehicle D2 V8i ES Founding Chairman G4 Owners Club
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ct93usa	c ct93usa posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
c Group: Forum Member Posts: 31, Visits: 634	Here's another query. I'm in the USA. I dont have access to any G4 vehicles but I do when I visit the UK - all too infrequently.I have an interest in the G4 being a Land Rover retail manager here and the fact that the event took over from Camel and involves many of my Camel Friends as marshals. I am a member of CTOC (founder member) and Overseas Liaison for them. Many of my Camel contacts are now G4 people. Also the CTOC forum has certain area access by membership or committee. All set by CTOC. In rare instances where you guys could benifit would it not be better to allow access on a discretionary basis. I suspect Ex competitors or Marshals may not have current membership but would be welcome to comment on a forum. Discuss!! Pete 1993 Camel 110 2000 Disco 2 SE 2006 LR3 SE V6
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Marnix L	Marnix L posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 57, Visits: 396	hello guys, I have some second thoughts about this whole idea of limiting the forum. I live in Belgium, so the additional benefits of free entrances, discounts on insurance etc is of no value for me, so being the devil's advocate, why should I pay £30, or roughly 45 euro for something I can't benefit from ? the more I was just getting this forum popular with some other G4 LE owners in Belgium. if you would like to offer G4 stuff only to members, I fully understand, but getting the forum closed for everybody accept members, is like taking away the candy from a kid, after you said he could take as much as he wanted :crying: The LR owners club Belgium has another philosophy : the forum is open to anybody who registers, but if you become a member for 25 euro/year, you get a club magazine, and you can participate in road books, events etc ... and in my honest opinion, this is more democratic ... no hard feelings greetz Marnix - Brussels - Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you love life, don't waste time, because time is what life is made of
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DarrenG	DarrenG posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 513, Visits: 2.1K	Oops you beat me to a reply whilst i was editing! I was just pointing out that the issue with separate logins is not that we are mean spirited but that it is difficult to police i.e. ensuring that each login is a subscribed member. Darren Griffin Editor PocketGPSWorld.com
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~~willowkis~~	w ~~willowkis~~ posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
w Group: Banned Members Posts: 1.2K, Visits: 9K	DarrenG (9/6/2007) I'll raise this with the committee, we're all learning and this is the first request :) Thank you Darren, I'll wait for your response. Kim :D ___________________________________________ Kim (Born to shop.... :P) Allsebrook (aka willowkis) I've been Tango'd G4 110 - BV55 ZBU - Now registered as K1 CAA Vehicle No. 112 Set-Up & Logistics Thailand & Laos
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DarrenG	DarrenG posted 18 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Member Posts: 513, Visits: 2.1K	I'll raise this with the committee, the problem for us is the difficulty in ensuring only paid-up members get access. Darren Griffin Editor PocketGPSWorld.com
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