New sub forum?
Discussion
I know I know - it could be covered elsewhere - but you know what us Scots (says she, tongue in cheek - resident for 20+ years so slightly schizo!) are like!! Independent so and sos!!
There are c 150 - 200 people involved in sprints and hills in Scotland, and we do have our own website. This year there's been an upsurge in threads on the Scotland forum re events - most events attract a thread, and to give an idea of the numbers of events, next years calendar has 1 free weekend between April and October!! We have a large number of 'lurkers' within the 150 / 200 - who read but don't join the PH family formally.
We have looked at getting a forum up on our website, but there are concerns about security, spamming, bandwidth etc which make the Championships governing committee reluctant to pursue further without a lot of further digging. Independently but at about the same time, a competitor has raised the issue in an off topic bit of an existing thread
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
so this is obviously something which would go down well.
So - getting to the point finally - is there any likelihood of the possibilty of getting a high proportion of the 150 or so competitors signed up as new PH members and generating a fair bit of traffic being enough to merit a sub forum under Scotland of Scottish Speed Events?
There are c 150 - 200 people involved in sprints and hills in Scotland, and we do have our own website. This year there's been an upsurge in threads on the Scotland forum re events - most events attract a thread, and to give an idea of the numbers of events, next years calendar has 1 free weekend between April and October!! We have a large number of 'lurkers' within the 150 / 200 - who read but don't join the PH family formally.
We have looked at getting a forum up on our website, but there are concerns about security, spamming, bandwidth etc which make the Championships governing committee reluctant to pursue further without a lot of further digging. Independently but at about the same time, a competitor has raised the issue in an off topic bit of an existing thread
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
so this is obviously something which would go down well.
So - getting to the point finally - is there any likelihood of the possibilty of getting a high proportion of the 150 or so competitors signed up as new PH members and generating a fair bit of traffic being enough to merit a sub forum under Scotland of Scottish Speed Events?
fergusd said:
Do you mean a forum for Scottish Sprint/Hillclimb champ entrants or a forum for people interested in the Sprinting/Hillclimbing scene in Scotland . . . ?
The two are certainly not the same, with the latter being a significantly larger set of people than the former.
Fd
Most definitely the latter!! IMHO of course!!The two are certainly not the same, with the latter being a significantly larger set of people than the former.
Fd
Sprintman said:
fiestajohn said:
TheObserver said:
Great idea - very much in favour of a forum. However I would prefer the forum to be on on the Championship websites if at all possible.
The Observer
I agree with "The Observer"The Observer
I know it would take more effort/work but I think in the long run a forum on the Hillclimb and Sprint website would be much better than being a sub-forum hidden away in the depths of Pistonheads.
This thread has been here less than one day and you already have an offer from someone to be a moderator, hopefully there will be other people who come along with more offers of help and advice.
That way you will have a better chance of picking up the casual observer and may generate even more interest in the championships!
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