No mention of the ACA Forum in the latest TP

[fishmaven]

I was a little surprised

to see Jim Ellenberger suggest checking out the GCCA's website and their subsequent online TP

rather than mentioning our ACA Forum. Is it possible that our board members are not even aware of

the ACA Forum? If the GCCA site was used as an example of what we eventually want in our forum the

discussion should have at least mentioned our forum. I'm not going to be in Chicago. I do

remember the shock and the dread that I saw on some of the faces of the BOT when I showed up at the

ICC 1 Board meeting in Orlando. (The meeting was open for members too.) I know they were afraid I

was going to bring up something they didn't want discussed. I do have a tendency to ask

questions that make some uncomfortable. I don't mind when people speak out but I don't want

them to say they represent me unless they REALLY do.

Another question, related, I think.

How many of our ACA board members have a web presence. I don't recall seeing any posts from

board members. Do we have a way to mark Forum members as board members? I'd think the ACA

Board should have a private area, similar to the moderator area just for them to communicate with

each other. It'd be nice if we had a mailbox for board members, where we could leave general

messages for all board members. Messages left to a particular board member should go through the

normal channels, either left here from one Forum member to another or regular e-mail if one has

been posted. Dan

[Lisachromis]

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></a></div><div class='quotemain'>I was a little surprised to see Jim Ellenberger

suggest checking out the GCCA's website and their subsequent online TP rather than mentioning

our ACA Forum. Is it possible that our board members are not even aware of the ACA Forum? If the

GCCA site was used as an example of what we eventually want in our forum the discussion should have

at least mentioned our forum.</div>

I was a bit surprised

about that myself!

[JustRon]

The announcement will take

place at the convention and then in subsequent publications.

I am on the board and a few

others are here from time to time. Not as much as I would like.

[fishmaven]

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></a></div><div class='quotemain'>The announcement will take place at the convention

and then in subsequent publications.

I am on the board and a few others are here from

time to time. Not as much as I would like.</div>
I do

remember reading that in your signature. I had forgotten.

I would imagine that most ACA

members, myself included, have trouble remembering who is on the board at any given time. This

isn't meant to criticize any board members, only to relate observations. Maybe board members

need to be more distinctly recognized by an icon or something next to their screen name during the

period they are active on the board here on the forum. This could be placed in the member list and

added whenever they make a post. I know, this would draw extra attention to whatever they post.

It's both unintended and unavoidable. I'd like the icon just to indicate they are ACA Board

Members.

I've started keeping the current TP and BB on my desk before filing to keep

the most current contact info available. Dan

[JustRon]

I can color code user groups

and show who is a BOT member that way, I can also do that for the cadre, etc...

This

would only show the color when they are on the forum, but I have already created user groups for

the BOT and the CADRE. These titles will be near their member name.

Maybe I could make

some small graphics that would also appear next to their posts. Should be easy to do.

[fishmaven]

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></a></div><div class='quotemain'>I can color code user groups and show who is a BOT

member that way, I can also do that for the cadre, etc...

This would only show the color

when they are on the forum, but I have already created user groups for the BOT and the CADRE.

These titles will be near their member name.

Maybe I could make some small graphics that

would also appear next to their posts. Should be easy to do.</div><!--QuoteEEnd--

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It doesn't really matter what the method would be. I just think there should be a

distinction of some kind. What do the boxes below our screen names mean??

[rcoleman]

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class='quotemain'>I do remember reading that in your signature. I had forgotten.

I would imagine that most ACA members, myself included, have trouble remembering who is on

the board at any given time. ...

I've started keeping the current TP and BB on my

desk before filing to keep the most current contact info available. Dan</div><!--

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Hi Dan,
The current list of Board members and all the committee

people are listed on the ACA website.
http://www.cichlid.org/ on the BOT page

http://www.cichlid.org/BOT.html has

their names and photos.

-- Ron
acawebmaster@cichlid.org
BOT member

[JustRon]

The boxes below our Avatars

are just the category grouping based on the number of posts you have made on the forum.

[Frank T]

was it(the forum)

advertised or talked about at all at the convention?
i didnt get to go.

[JustRon]

It was talked about a bit

during some of the presentations and I did my best to talk to people directly about it.

I hope we see a tick up in the numbers here.