Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA and internet forums

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

What scant free time?

Any time I give to APC is time I take away from APD or the
writing or Treasurer duties or other hobby stuff, and I
don't mean personal maintenance on my own tanks, which has
become chronically lean.

If the forum is intended as a mechanism for MCM folks to
post (more there than elsewhere) then I doubt it was worth
the money.

If it was a means for AGA to provide additional
opportunities for people in the hobby to share with each
other, that's a good deed and a good use of funds, imo.

It might be great if the MCM could give more and be in more
places. It would be great if I could be 39 again.

I don't feel guilty, I feel a bit exasperated and nettled.
I chalk this up to my own emotions and limited view of the
world not the intent of anyone else.


sh
--- Phil Edwards <biotypical@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Everyone,
> 
> I understand your time constraints and have a lot of
> respect for what you 
> do.  I know there are also a million and one
> Forums-du-Jour to participate 
> in.  I'm not asking you to take all of your scant free
> time and participate 
> willy-nilly on any forum you can find.  What I am asking
> is that we all give 
> *a little* time to APC and/or The Planted Tank, two
> forums which we are now 
> involved with.  Even within those choices one can limit
> participation to 
> only the sub-forum which we now sponsor.  I can see no
> higher purpose for 
> the AGA than to help beginners be successful and continue
> with the hobby for 
> many more years.  It's good for building a future market
> too...look what Joe 
> Camel did.
> 
> One of the things I was asked to do when I came on here
> with Cheryl two 
> years ago was to find new ways of increasing our
> membership and general 
> participation in the hobby.  Well, this is it.  I can't
> say it any more 
> plainly than this:
> 
> Internet forums are the current state of the hobby when
> it comes to mass 
> communication and participation.  If we want the AGA to
> remain current and 
> not become a group of folks who are members only out of a
> love of tradition 
> then we *have* to participate in the internet forums.
> 
> We have approx. 1000 members.  Places like APC, TPT,
> Plant Geek, 
> AquaticQuotient, and AB have multiple thousands of
> members who aren't 
> members of the AGA.
> 
> Like I said in my first plea to the general membership. 
> If we're to be 
> truly 100% successful in our mission statement(s) then
> the AGA, members, 
> Advisory Committee, and BOD all need to participate more
> frequently.  If 
> that means you can give 10 minutes once a week to give
> two helpful comments 
> in the one sub-forum we sponsor that's great!  It's two
> comments that would 
> have been there and it shows those folks who're hardcore
> internet-runners 
> that there is more to the AGA than a $20.00 subscription
> to TAG and a 
> convention.  If you can give more time, that's awesome
> too.  What's really 
> important is the message it will send to non-members and
> members on the 
> fence alike.
> 
> I'll make everyone a deal.  I'll spend 15 minutes a week
> on a task that you 
> want done for the AGA if you'll spend those 15 minutes
> participating in the 
> New to Aquarium Plants forum on APC, as soon as Art gets
> the graphic up.
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
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