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02-05-2008, 12:13 PM
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#1 | | Home Improvement - DIY Forum SteveColes President
Treasurer Name: Steve City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 64
Posts: 5,476
 02-05-2008, 12:13 PM
I have just created the requested DIY - Home improvement forum.
There was a lot of controversy about this request, There was a general fear that such a forum would attract new members that were primarily DIY/HI oriented and that the nature of the whole forum would change.
On the other hand many of our members were not concerned about this and wanted to have place where these questions could be answered. So we have a sort of compromise.
The forum has been created and open for business. But, only fully qualified members will even be able to see the forum. In addition, the various search engines will NOT be able to see the forum either.
The idea is that the forum is available for out members who joined primarily for WW related interests. But there will be nothing publicly visible that might attract new member's whose primary interest is DIY/HI.
OK so now this is an experiment and the staff reserves the right to change some of this, in order to meet our overall objectives.
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02-05-2008, 12:15 PM
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Name: Dan City: Asheville State: NC County: Buncombe Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 62 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Way to go Steve, as usual smart thinking on your part as well as the staff.
Thanks,
Dan C.
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02-05-2008, 12:20 PM
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#3 | | President
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Name: Steve City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 64 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Mike Davis  Thanks Steve!
Always two steps ahead of us.  Actually, I think it was you and/or Rob suggested the compromise, I just added the invisibility thing in the hope of making it more palatable.
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02-05-2008, 12:33 PM
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#4 | | Moderator
Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Steve,
Good plan. Covers the concerns of both sides of the debate.
Ray
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02-05-2008, 12:49 PM
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Name: Dennis City: Ivan's Corner (Monroe) State: NC County: Union Join Date: Jan 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Works for me! Good compromise. | |
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02-05-2008, 12:59 PM
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Name: Ray City: Fayetteville State: NC County: Cumberland Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Thanks Steve,
Good thinking to make the forum for members only viewing. It covers many of the concerns over to many individuals with DIY/HI questions only, yet allows members to still get answers/opinions to those niggling problems that always arise during a home project.
Ray
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02-05-2008, 01:35 PM
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Name: Jimmy Coull City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.34 over 180 days |
Good Idea,
Makes me feel better.
Jimmy 
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02-05-2008, 01:53 PM
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Name: Marcus Masencup City: Tobaccoville State: NC County: Forsyth Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 1.36 over 180 days |
Very good idea! Way to go Steve! | |
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02-05-2008, 02:11 PM
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Name: Reggie City: Albemarle State: NC County: Stanly Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.73 over 180 days |
Good reasoning, Steve.
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02-05-2008, 02:13 PM
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Name: David City: Pittsboro State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 3.81 over 180 days |
Great idea and execution Steve - well done to all the Admins.
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02-05-2008, 03:14 PM
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#11 | | Vice-President
Libraries Administrator
Name: Rob City: Hendersonville State: NC County: Henderson Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 66 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.84 over 180 days |
I'll echo the comments of others -- and I'll even invoke an old Insomniac trick to amplify your idea to make it INVISIBLE! Good on you!
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02-05-2008, 05:26 PM
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Name: Danny City: Seagrove State: NC County: Montgomery Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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OK with me.
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02-05-2008, 08:32 PM
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Name: Mark City: Summerfield State: NC County: Guilford Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Steve,
It doesn't look like you need any more confirmation but I'll add my two cents and agree with everyone else. It should be a great forum for members and it was a great idea to keep this restricted from search engines! | |
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02-05-2008, 08:50 PM
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Name: Randy City: Bunn State: NC County: Franklin Join Date: Dec 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great compromise | |
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02-05-2008, 11:12 PM
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Name: allen City: Plymouth State: NC County: Washington Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 43 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 1.48 over 180 days |
wow steve,youdo a great job,as well as all the staff here at North Carolina Woodworker.i dont know how yall keep up with all this stuff. this is truly a wonderfull site. keep on keeping on guys 
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