Updated Forum

it will now - thanks for pointing that out - everybody should be able to edit or delete their posts as before
K.

I didn't realise til just now that this was a 'public' forum.. I thought that you had to be a member of the Car Club in order to post topics.

I'm not sure of the moderator idea though...
.. perhaps certain trusted guys could 'police' the site but leave the actual moderating as it is.

Nick

Stick me forward for moderator (if you want me and I fulfill the requirements) as well K.

I think people who visit the forums regularly throughout the day should be moderators - such as Brendan, yourself webdunk, and perhaps me.

What do you think??

...I guess that's an application to become a moderator if I'm needed!!!

It is already changed so the ranking system is now as follows:

Guests -  - unregistered and logged out members - they can read all messages but only post messages to the website & announcements board.
Newbie -  - registered members up to 40 posts - these members can vote in polls
Groupie -  - registered members up to 100 posts - these members can vote in polls
Senior Member I -  - registered members up to 150 posts - these members can vote in polls and create sticky topics
Senior Member II -  - registered members up to 250 posts - these members can create polls, sticky topics
Really Senior Member -  - registered members up to 500 posts - these members can create polls, sticky topics
Really Senior Member II -  - registered members over 500 posts - these members can create polls, sticky topics
Moderator -  - club members who currently have posted more than 50 posts and who would like to become moderators - these members can post new polls and edit posts. If they edit a post then the moderator's username and the time are shown on then post. Moderators priveliges do not include post deletion - if a post needs to be modified they edit it and explain why - e.g. post edited for breaking For Sale rules. If you want to become a moderator then email us.
Admin -  - the boss!

The admins will reserve the right to modify the number of posts needed before a particular status is reached!

Edited by kbannon

Point taken.
I will remove moderator status form you all then.
I had planned on raising the threshold every month by about 30-40 posts resulting in the same few people keeping moderator status.
Furthermore, I have no idea who here is a club member so what I will do is accept applications from whoever wants to be a moderator (and has posted more than 50 posts [to ensure they know the procedure]) and then go through the process of setting them up (including confirming club membership).
These applicants can be moderators of the whole forum or can just moderate 1 or 2 individual boards.
If you can think of another method let me know.
If anyone is interested then let me know at the usual address (bmw@kbannon.com)

may I suggest that Moderator status is not automatically given to those with a high number of posts? It would mean that in a few months there could be many!

I think it needs to be a combination of contributions AND a decision from Killian/Howard.

As this is a public forum for the club, I think moderators need to be club members and very aware of the effects of public comments and the action of moderating.

I wasn't logged on.. D'oh!

But Killian, I quite like all those e-mail notifications.. my inbox was really full when I opened it today!

The site looks really good, well done.

Could you rearrange the e-mail notification.. and get the actual message nearer to the top.. so that you could read it without having to scroll down.

Nick  Croft'03

Will try again later to unsubscribe - keep getting a page not available error message...

With all this moaning going on, I should point out I like the new forums!!

Well done...