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akbeemer
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happy wanderer
Day Dreaming ...
Visian
look out!!!
Honestly....
... if y'all put as much effort into sharing links to good stuff here on the forum as you do into hand-wringing over Facebook, you might be happier. Ray Tubbs (ray@bmwmoa.org) is your go-to guy.
Check out the latest newsletter... no mention of anything happening here. Ditto on Facebook. Maybe it's not the way it should be, but it's up to you to be proactive if you want the MOA to promote the use of our Forum.
... if y'all put as much effort into sharing links to good stuff here on the forum as you do into hand-wringing over Facebook, you might be happier. Ray Tubbs (ray@bmwmoa.org) is your go-to guy.
Check out the latest newsletter... no mention of anything happening here. Ditto on Facebook. Maybe it's not the way it should be, but it's up to you to be proactive if you want the MOA to promote the use of our Forum.
martinph
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akbeemer
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Hey, I don't care if people are migrating to Facebook. I'm just content to be part of this dwindling bunch of cantankerous, crotchety and bellicose old men who on a good day are obstinate, thin-skinned fuddy-duddys who resent any challenge to their beliefs and are quick to take offence and equally as swift to snub new members. What’s not to love and protect about that? 
There are 22000+ usernames on the forum. We know how that the number of member visits to the forum is far less than that...I suspect it's the same with FB. Theoretically, we have (or could have) the entire membership as forum members. Is that more than 30000?? Again, some people are happy to just get the magazine each month and likely don't even know about the forum or FB for that matter.
Visian
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Hey, I don't care if people are migrating to Facebook. I'm just content to be part of this dwindling bunch of cantankerous, crotchety and bellicose old men who on a good day are obstinate, thin-skinned fuddy-duddys who resent any challenge to their beliefs and are quick to take offence and equally as swift to snub new members. What’s not to love and protect about that?
fwiw, there is the Dull Mens Club FB Group.... they have a bit over 15k members, too.
Visian
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That should upset you because you all work hard to keep the show rolling here, I feel this forum adds significant value to the MOA membership experience, and it would be very nice if the people who "send out the word" would not ignore your efforts. Just because you all work for free doesn't mean your contribution adds no value.
Visian
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I'm not sure but I think you just suggested the forum members should petition the office to post Member specific info on the forum
OM
moi?
Visian
look out!!!
Due to periodic lapses in group admin there are a fair number of fake n00bs in our FB group. Those are typically used for list building and spamming purposes... and it would be useful for us to mount an effort to delete those "members." However, sometimes these people may have an interest in moto aand join every group they can find. In these cases, the value of basic awareness of the MOA should be considered. (insert long discussion here about the potential for the MOA to become the world's first independent international club....)
Two examples are below.... both are members of our group that were recently approved to join. The first has one pic with moto, the second has none. The first has a few friends into moto... the second does not. Both are low value "members" imo, but I think this is how you communicate to MOA decision-makers that at least people posting on the Forum are qualified members.
I guess "upping" a "friend" count isn't real bad if the "joiner" doesn't cause trouble with spam, trolling or the usual. I think it skews the numbers of those really interested in BMW/MOA club interests.
From an advertisers view, I would have to guess it's like having a highway detour towards it's billboards. The local news, when they request the publics help, never put up the police phone number.......They want you to go to their website for the number, just in case you may see something you might want to purchase.
OM
From an advertisers view, I would have to guess it's like having a highway detour towards it's billboards. The local news, when they request the publics help, never put up the police phone number.......They want you to go to their website for the number, just in case you may see something you might want to purchase.
OM
greenwald
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Hey, I don't care if people are migrating to Facebook. I'm just content to be part of this dwindling bunch of cantankerous, crotchety and bellicose old men who on a good day are obstinate, thin-skinned fuddy-duddys who resent any challenge to their beliefs and are quick to take offence and equally as swift to snub new members. What’s not to love and protect about that?
Dilly Dilly!
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