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Berhael
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Posted: Tue 01 Mar , 2005 11:24 pm
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Update added Mar04: (Berhael's previous post is just below)

To see what happens to whom and how and when I kindly referr you to view the Registered users ex March thread in the Admin forum. It's read only for Non-Amins (lucky you ;) ) We endeavour to keep it updated to the best of our ablities. You can help with this by staying current reading the Annoucements and stickies in the Invite Forum. Thank you :)

[added by Alandriel 04Mar 16:10]
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How to deal with this?

There's generally two types of "uninvited guests" - curious TORCers that find the site and register with their TORC names. Those can be contacted and informed of the current procedure - invite thread, 2 days discussion + 9 days poll.

Then there's the mysterious names that nobody recognises: dragon, mysterywoman. Those are suspected trolls and dealt with more expediently... ;)

This is what we've been sending them:
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Thank you for your interest in Board77 but regretfully
it is an invitation only board. You have not been
approved to register and therefore your account will
be deleted.

B77 Administration
After comments that it was a bit harsh, I've rewritten it a little so that it reads like this:
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Dear ... ,

Thank you for your interest in Board77 and registering with us. Regretfully, at the moment it is an invitation only board. If you would like to join, please contact someone you know who is a member so that we can put up a vote for you. You can find more information about us here:

www.board77.com

Alternatively, if you heard of us on TORC, please tell us with whom you posted there so that we can find an appropriate person to sponsor your invitation.

Thank you.

B77 Administration
Ok, so if you have any ideas on how to deal with this issue... please post them. :D

Last edited by Berhael on Tue 01 Mar , 2005 11:52 pm, edited 2 times in total.

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Posted: Tue 01 Mar , 2005 11:28 pm
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I think the letter you posted in Invites says it pretty well. If we didn't ask for them, they should let us know who they'd like to...you know.

Something.

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Berhael
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Posted: Tue 01 Mar , 2005 11:49 pm
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Yeah, I'm reposting this here as per Alandriel's request, so that more people can see it. :)


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Sounds good to me. Which admin email are we using now?


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Posted: Wed 02 Mar , 2005 7:45 am
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I've been using the Yahoo one - I haven't had time to investigate the new site beyond a look to the front page.


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Posted: Wed 02 Mar , 2005 8:35 am
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It looks fine to me. Nice and fluffy.

We don't want to be rude but neither can we handle vast floods of people at the moment.

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Posted: Wed 02 Mar , 2005 10:01 am
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Thanks for your help and input :) However - please don't continue discussions in here as this has to move to the Admin section (where youcan read along) Registered new users as of March 05

All new users that register without having an invitation thread running will be sent the txt Berhael has put together. It is up to them then to get in touch with a member here for 'sponsorship'

There is no obligation what-so-ever for you to sponser anybody. Please only do so if you feel comfortable.

The Admin cannot take on the load looking for a sponser for anyone I'm afraid. This is where your help comes in. If you get an email, then please reply either to the positive or ask that they look for a different sponsor - or be patient until B77 opens it's doors fully (we're aiming for beginning of April but that's not set in stone).

I leave this thread open for another day or so in case anyone has any comments that need answering and if not this thread will be locked in due course but until then I'm stickying it.

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We're aiming for the begining of April to open the doors?

I had voted on when we needed to get the governance in place - I wasn't aware that we were opening the doors at the same time. Shouldn't we let the members here get a little used to the governance we've got so that they can explain to newcomers when the doors open? Or is everybody going to be confused - and therefore, not very efficient.

And if we definitely are opening the doors sometime in April, don't we need to start the voting process on new admins now? Cause boy are we ever going to need them.

I must say, I don't approve. I would never have voted in that thread if I knew it meant we would be opening the doors at the same time. Never!


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Posted: Fri 04 Mar , 2005 7:26 am
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I'm with Estel--I thought we were agreeing on an end date for settling governance issues, not a date for opening.

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Please.. before you continue the discussion in here about opening B77 and when.. please read the Announcement at the top of this forum. We desperately need to keep things concise in places where they belong to.

PLEASE READ! Thank you :)
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Mahima
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Hey, I saw the name of TWT and would like to sponsor him... do I need to contact him by email first ... as he is already looking for "sponsors"??

Or can I start a thread?

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Thread updated and info added to first post. Please - Berhael if you have enough time, do keep an eye on it :D Thanks

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