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Originally Posted by kalel030
Or better yet instead of Mods busting our butts for expressing our feeling they final get off there a$$ and split the three cities. Or do we like the confusion?
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I will address this for you, sir, and all others who may have asked the same question.
Originally, ECCIE ownership had no plan on having a Killeen/Waco/BCS forum. That decision was made for a variety of reasons, first and formost being the general lack of posting that had existed on the "P".
I had left the "P" just prior to its demise. I had been a long time member/poster there. When I joined ECCIE, I was asked to be a "dreaded" moderator and served as an Austin Mod and as the first ECCIE Chat Mod.
I petitioned the ownership to establish a forum for Killeen/Waco/BCS and volunteered to serve as Moderator here, too. I agreed to serve it without the need of another Moderator (as Ranch does so well now, since I took off the Mod hat). You may notice that our forum is not exactly the identical format to Austin, DFW or other larger areas. We only have ONE area for reviews, as an example and not one for Indys' vs Agency vs SW etc. We post ALL reviews in one spot. That was my doing and I suggested that the structure proposed would help improve participation.
I will say that the structure has served us well, and that this forum is frankly, IMO, BETTER that it ever was in the days of the "P".
The particpation is up, more members (providers and hobbyists alike) are posting, the number of posts have increased, the quality of posts have increased, and, perhaps the biggest areas of improvement are the ALERTs and the REVIEWS. These areas were almost non-existant on the "old" site.
I am pleased to see the level and quality of particpation here. My hat is off to Ranch, a fellow veteran, for stepping up to the challenge of the mission when I stepped down. Trust me when I say this, the Mods do what they do, not because everybody loves them, but because they want to contribute to our community. It is not an easy job, to be sure. Long hours, no pay and a lot of people unhappy.
So, as to splitting the forum up....that decision is not with the Mods to make, and IMO, would only result in a near total vacuum, as we had before.
There is a sticky at the head of the provider ads for the area that explains the size and geography of the forum
http://www.eccie.net/showthread.php?t=26688
I will tell you that, overall, the ladies do a great job of telling us what city they are visiting, much more the rule now, rather than the exception.
I hope this helps to answer your question.
To Jaci. Thank you for posting and for promising to come and visit us. Thanks too, for your response to the post and for showing us a face pic. Very pretty. I hope your stay is enjoyable.
Respectfully submitted,
OldSarge