Closing Edward's Thread in the "For Sale" Forum

[JimD]

lol, Brian, did you steal my dead horse?

[greenmako]

I think so!

[apedroza]

We might also think about removing any replies to the for sale forum that go off topic. These things get out of hand quickly and have no use in this forum. Off topic remarks are what the lounge is for.

[kaiser]

We might also think about removing any replies to the for sale forum that go off topic. These things get out of hand quickly and have no use in this forum. Off topic remarks are what the lounge is for.

I don't think censoring the replies being a good thing. Threads get hijacked frequently, not just in the for sale forum and that should be addressed in a different way.

[kaiser]

The software will not allow you to register or change your info without putting in a location from now on, thanks for the ideas

How are you going to eliminate things like "texas" or "just in front of you at the LFS" ? Is there a drop down menu to choose from?

[greenmako]

How are you going to eliminate things like "texas" or "just in front of you at the LFS" ? Is there a drop down menu to choose from?

unfortunately the software doesn't have a pull down menu I think you just type it in. I will go to the Vb site today and see if there is some code that I can add to the site to get a pull down menu or at least verification some how. I guess for now I will have to monitor all new users and make sure they put a valid location in, or at least what looks like a valid location as the person could still be hiding their true location under anther location.

[kaiser]

posting private messages in a thread is not the way to resolve anything, whether or not you disclose who it is from. please don't bring private message discussions into public threads

I took that PM as a personel threat to me by a member of the BOD and I am not going to tolerate that. I posted this to show everybody what happened after I spoke negative about a BOD member. And if that means I am going to get kicked out now, so be it.

disconnected? if the board members were disconnected, we wouldn't be having this discussion because they wouldn't be looking after the forum. I'm sure the "publicly bashing....." statement was referring to the original personal attack in the FS thread, not you. No need to feel threatened for addressing issues, but if you or anyone else personally attacks another member (BOD or otherwise), it will not be tolerated.

if you look at the home page there are three links in the MAAST Membership Box. According to that half the BOD members listed there are no longer on the BOD and looking at the BOD Meeting Minutes, the BOD had only one meeting in 2006 and one in 2007. Has the BOD become some secret society? Like somebody else already said, the BOD serves the club not the other way arround. And when I hear members of the BOD wanting to bannish new members for bad replies or delete bad replies, we might as well pack up now.

yeah, that is an easy fix for someone who isn't committed to this organization. let's keep in mind that these are voluntary positions. we are here because we want to make this a great organization, not so we can harass people.

Exactly, you volunteered for this and you knew what you were going to be in for.

we voted on the pre-qualification rules about a year ago. all charter members were allowed to vote and the results are the existing policies. there is not a big problem with unreliable sources, but we want to keep it that way. one of the goals of these policies is to protect our members.

Maybe instead of just voting on rules you need to vote on ways on how to and by who should enforce these rules.

I can appreciate your point of view, but the simple fact here is that the policies in place were voted on by the charter members and the board. They are in place to protect you (and all of the other members - charter or not) as well as our sponsors. They are also a means of keeping the boards easy to navigate and as free of clutter as possible. Remember, the thread was not locked because of the location issue, it was locked because of a personal attack. Notice, there is now a new thread that follows the policy and there are no issues with it.

Edward was already told on page 2 he was going to be shut down, he just made the mistake to give him an excuse. Besides the reason that was given said something about he didn't edit his initial post to add a location.

[greenmako]

Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated! If you would like to help out and make MAAST better pm me or anyone else on the BOD. We always have room for help

[Henry]

Location: In my jammies at my computer at 13000 Vista Del Norte, in San Antonio TX a couple of blocks away from Churchill High School, please come rob me.

At least give me your apartment number so that I can come and rob you. j/k

[kaiser]

Just a quick update. I did receive an apology from the BOD Member for the PM I received.