Hello peeps
After careful consideration (*ahem*andforgettingaboutthisforacoupleofdays*ahem* ), I've compiled a list of options for consolidation of the B77 fora.
Now that the membership is split between several boards, and/or are burned out from messageboard burnout, our traffic has diminished considerably, and B77 feels like a huge house with lots of empty rooms. yova suggested consolidating some of the less-visited fora into a smaller, more user-friendly board, and people posted several suggestions.
EDIT - New options added, and poll added. Feel free to ignore the old options, which I'm editing in a smaller type, but leaving in this post for reference.
Please read all the options, and choose one that you like.
We'll go with the most popular option, even if it wins by one vote. If there's a draw, the rangers will decide among themselves which option to go for, taking into consideration people's feelings as much as possible (i.e., the rangers won't choose the least voted-for option).
NEW Options for the Poll:
Option A (Modified from Option 6)
Welcome Forum
* Info forum / Welcome
* Business Room
The Round Table
* The Turf
* The Symposium
* There & Back Again...
* Made in Dale
* m77t and geek
* The Members' Lounge
* Thinking of England
Dicisne hoc opus artem esse?
* Literary rambles
* Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? + La Camerata
Outside
* The BikeRacks + The Jury Room
* The Archives
* Threads of Historical Interest
Board Management
* Forum management
* Sensitive Information
* Deleted threads storage
* Michel Delving
* Sensitive Info Mayor
Option B
Leave as is
Option C
* Welcome
* Turf
* Symp
* RP
* M77t&geek
* Private
* TOE
* Board Management stuff... including Business, Bikeracks, Jury, whatever
Old options:
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Option 1
Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? (Movies) + La Camerata (Music) + Literary rambles + Made in Dale (Games) = Arts & Ents (spot the Tolkien ref? )
Jury Room + Bikeracks = The Bikeracks (because the name is fetching )
Option 2
Vidistine...(Movies) + La Camerata (Music) + Literary rambles + Hall of Fire + Made in Dale (Games)= Arts & Hobbits
Jury Room + Bikeracks = The Bikeracks
Option 3
There & Back Again + Made in Dale (Games) = 1 forum
m77t and geek + Members' Lounge = 1 private forum
Hall of Fire + Literary rambles = 1 Literature forum
Vidistine...(Movies) + La Camerata (Music) = 1 forum
Jury Room + Bikeracks = The Bikeracks
Option 4
m77t and geek + Members' Lounge = 1 private forum
Hall of Fire + Literary rambles = 1 Literature forum
Vidistine...(Movies) + La Camerata (Music) + Made in Dale (Games) = 1 forum
Jury Room + Bikeracks = The Bikeracks
Option 5
Not touching anything and leaving everything as it is.
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Jnyusa suggested merging the three "members only" fora, m77t and geek, Members' Lounge and Thinking of England, but ToE has given us enough headaches so I think we should leave it well alone, at least for now.
And I'll leave the merging of fora like Archives and Threads of Historical Interest to a future Ranger, if this consolidation works ok and people feel like doing more of it.