Forum thought

How about combining this board with the News and Discussion board? It would cut down on duplicity as well as making navigating easier.

      yes, yes...i have a very hard time tring to finding things i have posted, takes me hours to try and find them and being new to a computer and this forum, very hard for me and maybe others...p.s. most of the time i do not find them, how sad for me , i would like the imput from others............sunset..........i wont find this one eighter............

I would also love to see a search by "poster"

 

Cisco

NO, please do not change the forum’s News / Discussion framework.

Several good and necessary forum changes in recent weeks that clearly defined topic organization have greatly facilitated access to the growing number of topics, which will only grow exponentially if anything awful happens with the flu virus's evolution.

One of the most important functions of public message forums such as this is to be able to quickly locate the information one needs. IMO this forum does a great job at providing access to information and this is the reason I visit the site regularly to keep up with the latest developments. The key to any forum providing both news on an issue and the ability for people to discuss the news, and vent, is to provide ready access to, first, the news. This forum provides easy access to the latest information readily by having both a news and a discussion forum, and I should add, by what appears to be a cadre of folks nicely and constantly posting the latest news issues, in the NEWS forum. Frankly, this may be one of the reasons for the site’s recent rapid growth in registered posters.

Actually, you should put the NEWS forum FIRST as that is where people need to look for news on this issue – think of it as your "Front Page". They will then look for other topics of interest.

Please do NOT mix NEWS with general discussion, one will not be able to locate anything important without needless searching. FWIW, I, for one, will have to look elsewhere for my H5N1 news, and discussion issues if the forums are merged.

Edit: the search requests in this thread are sound, also a feature to default to last posted/descending would be nice. 

Edited by Flubird

IMO I like as it is, you post news on the one site and then you can discuss all it on this site.  

When I need to be away and come back to see what's happened I look at the news site first.  It gives us a quick up to date.

Edited by siameselade

I like it how it is too.

I don't think I could handle any more change!  :>{

I'm beyond stressed at this point.

Europe, Australia and North America also have their own dedicated forums.  These additional forums should handle the future overflow.  

 

Ok ...

Now if we can just get posters to post news in one and discuss in the other - not both in both - I think we'll be ok.

The problem is someone posts news and others want to discuss it. While others discuss and then post news in reference.

They just seem to run together and overlap imho. BTW, it's only the first two boards that I'm talking about.

Time is of the essence.

Maybe we can get stormriderfla to police the two boards. :-)

Plainsman. I always thought you were wise. .mislead..but wise.

I just gotta say that I'm so impressed with this group.  I've been on other forums and something like changing the way a thread is laid out would have turned into a nasty name calling argument. Your behavior has given me hope.  I used to think that in stressful times people got ugly just because they were stressed.  What a load of ......!  I'm so glad I found such a good hearted group.  I'll sleep better now. 

 

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

Edited by AnnE

How about a button for you people that cant agree (what you going to do in
the H2H) to self-destruct (in a kind and harmless way of course).

Just get on with what there is. That's how H2H will affect you all. Making do
with WHAT IS. Appologies for shouting

peace as always

Hi Albert,

No I haven't heard of RB. I'm really new to forums. I have taught an on line Org Comm college course but that is the limit of forums. It sounds interesting can you give me more details? -K

Nope. Just a two great minds thing. -

maybe:

Bird Flu for the Overwhelmed & Emotionally Fragile

would be a better titile. more pc.