Jim
February 21st, 2015, 07:00 PM
Front Range 4x4 is the group of us who get together to enjoy a trail run. The web forum should, within reason, match who is getting together on runs. Said another way, Front Range 4x4 is not the forum - it's us, the people that meet on trail runs.
That realized, the web forum needs to be steered to be kept in line with who is meeting on trail runs.
I just completed the 2014 year end adjustment by inactivating accounts who are not participating on trail runs. The active membership roll is at 195. Everyone can go to Community > Member List > Search Members > Advanced Search > Search Now and look in the bottom left of the search results screen to see (Results 1 to 50 of X). X is the active membership number (if you have any interest).
Aside from general members with membership requirements, there are other members who do not. Of note is Chris (Founder), Brody (who is no longer with us but contributed a WEALTH of info), Active Military (9), Vendors (7) and a scant few Courtesy accounts (1 or 2 - trail advocate groups).
The membership process used stems from the membership requirements thread in late 2013 (one run per year and must log in at least every 60 days). While the login requirement is not of much admin work, the 1-run and yearly communication with people who are in the grey area has proven to be a fair bit of work. Much of the work has been in composing the list of accounts on the bubble and then contacting them. The PM's take a short bit of time to write and it adds up.
A typical month of admin duties looks to be running about 2 hours (I started tracking in late 2014). From Jan 10, 2015 to current (Feb 21, 2015) I'm at 12h37m - so a bit over 6 hours per month for Jan & Feb (Mar+ should go back to typical). I'm not posting the stat for any gratification (though it's appreciated and frequently extended throughout the year), I post it as I have often been curious as to how much work takes place behind the scenes.
WE are the group. Each of us contributes and enjoys. I'm but only one piece of our group. Many others contribute to the pot as well, some via donations to the monthly pot and some via donations of time, skill and ability.
If you think someone's contributions are of merit, make a public post to gratitude to them. You can also send a PM to me for why they should have the "Contributor" badge added to their account. I'd imagine Jackie has put a bit of time into the spreadsheet listing who is bringing what to the Anniversary Run - Thanks Jackie!
That realized, the web forum needs to be steered to be kept in line with who is meeting on trail runs.
I just completed the 2014 year end adjustment by inactivating accounts who are not participating on trail runs. The active membership roll is at 195. Everyone can go to Community > Member List > Search Members > Advanced Search > Search Now and look in the bottom left of the search results screen to see (Results 1 to 50 of X). X is the active membership number (if you have any interest).
Aside from general members with membership requirements, there are other members who do not. Of note is Chris (Founder), Brody (who is no longer with us but contributed a WEALTH of info), Active Military (9), Vendors (7) and a scant few Courtesy accounts (1 or 2 - trail advocate groups).
The membership process used stems from the membership requirements thread in late 2013 (one run per year and must log in at least every 60 days). While the login requirement is not of much admin work, the 1-run and yearly communication with people who are in the grey area has proven to be a fair bit of work. Much of the work has been in composing the list of accounts on the bubble and then contacting them. The PM's take a short bit of time to write and it adds up.
A typical month of admin duties looks to be running about 2 hours (I started tracking in late 2014). From Jan 10, 2015 to current (Feb 21, 2015) I'm at 12h37m - so a bit over 6 hours per month for Jan & Feb (Mar+ should go back to typical). I'm not posting the stat for any gratification (though it's appreciated and frequently extended throughout the year), I post it as I have often been curious as to how much work takes place behind the scenes.
WE are the group. Each of us contributes and enjoys. I'm but only one piece of our group. Many others contribute to the pot as well, some via donations to the monthly pot and some via donations of time, skill and ability.
If you think someone's contributions are of merit, make a public post to gratitude to them. You can also send a PM to me for why they should have the "Contributor" badge added to their account. I'd imagine Jackie has put a bit of time into the spreadsheet listing who is bringing what to the Anniversary Run - Thanks Jackie!