Oldies Board would be adding not subtracting

Posted by Shar on April 5, 2002, at 23:10:24

In reply to More still on another board, posted by mair on April 3, 2002, at 12:05:52

There seems to be a lot of concern about (1) Old-timers migrating to the old-timer's board to the near exclusion of other boards. I don't believe that will happen. I see the old-timer's board as a valuable way to touch base and catch up with people 'I knew back when...' and for people to drop in on if they want, and after that, it would be interesting to see how people used it.
Also concern about (2) hurting people's feelings by having a board they can't join. Well, my gosh. I have a hard time really taking this down into my heart of hearts as a serious crisis-producing issue. I KNOW some people would feel unfairly excluded, some always do. I KNOW some will have hurt feelings, some always do. But, should that be the driving force about expanding the site? I don't think so. If that's the common denominator that governs our actions, we could never do anything.
I think the OT board will be an addendum to, not replacement for, the other boards. Heck, let's start a newbies board too (and hurt old timers' feelings) and a mediumies board (and hurt feelings of newbies and old-timers).
Upon reflection, the old-timer board would not have to have a cut-off for time-on-board or posting birthday. It could be totally open and anyone who wanted to could post there; if newbies or mediumies posted there I guess people would wonder why. And, that's just the type of invitation some people need to come in and stir things up---posting because someone implied they "shouldn't." But, I guess if that got disruptive, it might be covered by the civility policy.
My first time here was May 2000. It was before the board split into PB and PSB. I went back and looked at the people that were around then, and just for fun thought I'd mention some of their names; interesting so many are still here:
Tina....Kazoo....Janice....MarkH....JohnL....CarolAnn....SLS....NikkiT....Phil....CraigF....Kathie....CindyW....
Cass....Greg....CamW....st.james....harry B (I miss him!)....alisonm....noa....bob....andrewB
and there are others here I'd consider old-timers that haven't been around for two years.
Shar

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