CCI Forum - your views, please!

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Hi All 
We've had this forum live for two years. It's ticking along nicely and there's a fair few posts - but I'm wondering whether we're missing a trick. Could we provide you, the forum members, with a better service?

I'd encourage each and every one of you to post your thoughts. Are there features we don't offer - perhaps features you've seen on other forums that you'd like to be able to use here? Could the forums & topics be better structured? What would encourage you to post threads, and join in the chat??

Keep it clean - but please tell me what you think, and how you'd like to see it improve :-)

Andy

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AndyK Members Profile Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Admin Group Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Location: Oundle, UK Status: Offline Points: 207	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndyK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: CCI Forum - your views, please! Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 12:59
	Hi All We've had this forum live for two years. It's ticking along nicely and there's a fair few posts - but I'm wondering whether we're missing a trick. Could we provide you, the forum members, with a better service? I'd encourage each and every one of you to post your thoughts. Are there features we don't offer - perhaps features you've seen on other forums that you'd like to be able to use here? Could the forums & topics be better structured? What would encourage you to post threads, and join in the chat?? Keep it clean - but please tell me what you think, and how you'd like to see it improve :-) Andy

Paul R Hare Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 10 May 2009 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 282	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul R Hare Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 15:33
	I think the forum works very well as it is. Although it would be better with more active members. maybe it could be promoted more in the Journal. Paul Hare.

Alex Revell Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Status: Offline Points: 84	Post Options Post Reply Quote Alex Revell Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 17:20
	Yes, more posters would be good. It seems to me to that a lack of publicity is probably the cause. Much as I hate to say so, the layout of The Aerodrome site, with the various interests separately given: Aircraft; Camouflage and Markings; People; Books and Magazines etc is a good format.

AndyK Members Profile Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Admin Group Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Location: Oundle, UK Status: Offline Points: 207	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndyK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 17:31
	I did wonder about whether more or less sub-forums would be a benefit, as per TheAerodrome. We've actually got a few separate sections set up here - but it seems that more or less everyone posts in under "General" Andy

Alex Revell Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Status: Offline Points: 84	Post Options Post Reply Quote Alex Revell Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 17:33
	Yes, 'general' is perhaps a bit too general Alex

Errol Martyn Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 157	Post Options Post Reply Quote Errol Martyn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 22:35
	I for one would not like to see the introduction of too many sub-forums, certainly not as many as the 30 or so on the Aerodrome site (and some those with their own sub-forums as well). Sometimes folk post under an inappropriate one anyway and it goes unnoticed by others. Sometimes less is more, KISS, etc! Errol

Paul R Hare Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 10 May 2009 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 282	Post Options Post Reply Quote Paul R Hare Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 07:43
	I agree with Errol (not that I use any other forums) Apart from official meeting notices etc I think every topic should be posted under general so that nobody misses it. Paul.

David Seymour Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Status: Offline Points: 57	Post Options Post Reply Quote David Seymour Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 11:24
	The great advantage of "General" is that people only have to look in one place to keep up to date with current discussion - so much easier and quicker than on forums where there are too many areas. Perhaps if the number of members and posts grows to match the WFA forum at 976 and 13,000 or the vast Great War Forum at 42,000 members and 1.3 million posts it might be worth a re-think. For now I am content with this forum as it is - easily accessible. Hope this helps. With best wishes, David

John-G Members Profile Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Location: Hinckley Status: Offline Points: 374	Post Options Post Reply Quote John-G Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Apr 2011 at 21:41
	Would there be a case for a separate forum for pre and post WW1 Aviation. I am presently researching a pre WW1 aerodrome that was not really used by the military and its use after ww1. This could extend to aeroplanes that continued in service, Bristol’s, Snipes and others in Military or Civil service? huckj www.66squadron.co.uk

DuffGenMerchant Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: 28 Jul 2009 Status: Offline Points: 53	Post Options Post Reply Quote DuffGenMerchant Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 May 2011 at 23:08
	Concur with Errol. Although I've only infrequently posted on The Aerodrome forum I've never been quite sure that I'm using the right section.

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