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Swg brought me on board and was so supportive when my work load increased and I offered to step down. My prayers are with him.
 
I am glad to see the support the site is getting. I love it. I love the small loyal group we have and the personalities that are emerging. We need to get bearcat apart of whatever we do because he is the brains behind the operation. Or if anyone is a tech guy that might be able to do the vbulletin stuff.
 
We're trying to get a time ironed out to meet somewhere for a little bit on Saturday between the b-ball and football game. Greatone is holding us back, as usual. :D
 
Guys, I know I don't post often, but I read as much as possible. Count me as one who would hate to see the site go away. I'm also a regular at as site called Ohio sports fans. Started as a bengals site, but the mod likes to keep it generally as a site for all ohio sports. But is driven by bengals posts. We have a pledge drive each year that he posts a paypal link and whoever can chips in what they can afford to and that keeps the site going.

I have two thoughts here. One, we could do the same here and those who can pitch in will. The reward at OSF for being a "contributing" member is we have a forum just for those who contribute where moderating basically doesn't exist so you can make your off color comments there and do your "hot chicks" threads and the likes without it being public or share personal stories that you don't want out there for the entire public to view.

My second thought is to talk to him and see if somehow we could combine the two sites, consolidate costs and have some help with moderating. I know he has little time lately to do much with the site as his family and work responsibilities have increased. but the addititional support may be much needed and it would be a great fit it sounds like.

Anyway, just my .02 cents. If you would like me to talk to him and pursue option #2 let me know I'd be happy to. I'd also be happy to chip in a few bucks to keep this place up and running. You all do a nice job here. I like the small group and wealth of information. Reminds me a lot of OSF. On that note, check out OSF sometime at http://ohiosportsfans.com. I go by Ryan the Bengal Fan over there. Stop by and say hi, I think you'll find it very similar to here. A small group of passionate fans looking for a place to voice thoughts without being over run by a bunch of flamers.
 
Ok just re-read my post above, and my use of flamers caught me off guard, I'm sure you all know what I meant, in no way did I mean it anything more than folks flaming on a msg board. ;)
 
Thanks for the idea Ryan. The biggest thing I think we need here is someone who is familiar with the vBulletin software. We try to keep the moderating to a minimum so I don't think we need many more moderators. Unfortunately most of the mods either don't have experience with vBulletin, don't have that much time to keep it up, or both.
 
That's why I thought it may work, we don't really have mods over there either, and the owner keeps up the bulletin stuff without issue. He's made time for that aspect of it. It's fairly minimal, but the board works great. But I understand as well if we can stay separate over here it makes sense. Just some thoughts.
 
Fwiw, I'd be willing to throw in a small amount if there is a paypal link set up or perhaps anyone will be meeting down at 5/3rd on Sat. Times are little tight, and I'm not on here a whole bunch, but would certainly kick a few bones for people's time/effort,and to keep the site going. Lemme know.
 
I am new but I thought I would make a quick suggestion. Since I am new I don't know what the top 6 threads are for before the break with the red line. But when I first came in I looked at the last post date for those top threads and I left without signing up because they were months ago. I didn't read any further down so I thought the site was relatively dead. Then someone invited me to look again and I read further down and saw there was participation in recent days. I don't know if this has affected anyone else's visit but it may be a consideration to keep the recent activity at the top to show how active the site is.

Then again it may be just because I have a short attention span or because I don't know how the site is layed out.
 
As I go back to look...it looks as though the top 6 threads were tagged with a thumb tack because they were popular. But those threads were older and they did make me think on my first visit or two that there wasn't much activity on the site because of the last post date...so it may have affected others. FYI. It may or may not help with getting more people involved to "un tack" them and move the more relevant recent discussions to the top. Again, I am new so take this with a grain of salt.
 
I have been to other boards...and when I see little activity I don't usually bother with signing up. It's frustrating to me to post something and think I might have to wait a week or a month to get a response. If the top threads on the board show little recent activity some folks may not take the time to look further down. The top of the board...people like myself would think...would be where the action is...and if there isn't any there...they may leave without taking the time to register. This may be my opinion only...but if the site is leaning towards shutting down...maybe this would help patronage I don't know.
 
Of the top 6 threads the last post was made in July...and the oldest last post of the 6 threads was made in March. I in no way want come off like I know anything about running a message board such as this...but it seems to me those threads are now obsolete? Maybe you could thumb tack the recent hot topics and take the older ones down. Just trying to help with keeping the site up...because it looks like a good one...after further review:)
 

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