We see some turmoil here.. and that’s distressing.
Let’s try and set this state of things straight. I do not want to pontificate with a long dialog.. just want to get us calibrated.
We all at HQ have been quite preoccupied with the pre and post convention work for SAAC-44.
(…which I might add was a very successful event, on many levels.. thanks to the hundreds of hours of work by many.)
It might be good to state why we have this Forum in the first place.
It was designed 11 years ago to be a place where our SAAC family can gather and interact online.
It was always meant to be cordial, casual and informative. A place to ask tech questions, sell a car, buy a part.. or just chat with other like-minded people. It also grew to be a place for Regional Clubs to have a place to communicate, without requiring them to have their own forum or website.
It has always been open to SAAC members and non-members alike.
And.. it has always been moderated with the presumption that everyone is a grown-up and can play nicely. No heavy handed lifeguard… just intervention when things go off the asphalt.
There are no multi-page complex rules to play here… again, we are all grown-ups.
You will find trouble here is you violate some simple rules…
- obscenity
- threatening of legal or physical action
- personally attacking another forum member.
Pretty simple and straightforward?
Most of the posting areas relate to car topics and details; we have the Lounge for social and/or off car-topic posts.
It is really hard to break these rules. 11 years has proven that we, as a group, are quite good at self policing.
No one can deny that any reported post or action has not gone unnoticed or not dealt with in a civil manner. We have not had to ban anyone in many years and issues are dealt with as they arise.
It is very important to note that .. any Forum is ONLY AS GOOD as its members. We have quite a collection of people who are the best in the hobby as far as knowledge, tenure, enthusiasm and willingness to share.
We need these folks to balance out the newbies and the visitors looking in earnest to learn.
It’s our job at HQ to provide the best venue for this.. so we allow all corners of the hobby to be discussed…within the simple guidelines above.
-to be continued-