Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Club memberships and board members, things are not what they used to be....

[Redsps]

Having spent a while reading through previous posts etc from the archives 2003 etc, I am surprised to see the amount of peeps that are no longer club members or board members or both.
There appears to one hell of a lots of peeps that do not visit(logged in) or post anymore. Also the amount of board members that are also DSC members seems to have dropped considerbly.

I cant help thinking there is an underlying reason for this.
Is it that the board and the way that it is used is turning peeps away now, for what ever reasons.
Maybe some peeps have moved to other makes of bikes, or just given up on biking.
Maybe if there is an underlying problem with the club or board, or both it should be addressed to enhance both etc.
the amount of peeps joining the forum is a lot, but it's allways the same old regulars that visit on a regular basis.
Just my observation you understand, but any thoughts on this.
Just as a starter, the recent post from jewell, it stayed on the board for a fair time. But other less offensive post etc have been removed in mega speed.
To be honest that post would have put a lot of peeps off the board and club.
I am pretty easy goining , but it was an inappropiate posting, with no real use to anyone, not even himself.
Just my view, which I am entitled to.

back to you peeps.

as a club, you reap what you sow .... it's a knock on of lots of warnings, concerns and demands for action being historically ignored and some that continue to be ignored, making the club and the board not what they once were , many of those that made the DSC what it was are still out there, they just aren't in here any longer .. tis a shame ....

[Loz]

My experience with message boards and forums is that there are always a core of regulars who post regularly, but that this core will gradually change over time. There may be an "inner core" that remains for the long haul, but turnover of contributors is inevitable, in terms of casual posters and "regulars".
People find that their interests move on, or that there is no longer anything new or fresh for them on the forum - either they've seen it all before or they have said everything they have to say, time to move on.
It's not something peculiar to the DSC Message Board, it happens on all forums - the ones that I've seen, anyway.
And all forums have their nuisance posters - to a greater or lesser extent. It's endemic to the Internet.

[andyb]

With respect why arnt you or Dibble a member then......and make a difference in something that your opinions seems to show you care about?

£20odd hardly brakes the bank!

Originally Posted by andyb

With respect why arnt you or Dibble a member then......and make a difference in something that your opinions seems to show you care about?

£20odd hardly brakes the bank!

my reasons are well known to the membership secretary mate, there are certain principles involvd and why spend £20 without conviction ...

you'll find I rarely attand anything officially DSC any longer but keep in touch with my friends, very occasionally through the site... so it's not like I'm taking without giving ...

Hope that helps ....

[Redsps]

Originally Posted by andyb

With respect why arnt you or Dibble a member then......and make a difference in something that your opinions seems to show you care about?

£20odd hardly brakes the bank!

I was a fully paid up member, until recently.
But probs dictated otherwise and I let it lapse, that's not a crime, and does not mean I dont support the club when are where possible, membership cost is not an issue.
Infact I've pointed a lot of peeps towards joining.
I just feel that things have changed in a negative way, just my opinion.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Loz

My experience with message boards and forums is that there are always a core of regulars who post regularly, but that this core will gradually change over time. There may be an "inner core" that remains for the long haul, but turnover of contributors is inevitable, in terms of casual posters and "regulars".
People find that their interests move on, or that there is no longer anything new or fresh for them on the forum - either they've seen it all before or they have said everything they have to say, time to move on.
It's not something peculiar to the DSC Message Board, it happens on all forums - the ones that I've seen, anyway.
And all forums have their nuisance posters - to a greater or lesser extent. It's endemic to the Internet.

That pretty much sums it up, don't like to mention the usual old chestnut but I'm going to do anyway, there's a significant proportion of the membership IMHO that:-

1) Just use the site for info. and don't bother posting
2) Never come near the site at all and don't bother with the internerd in general.

Ray

[Iconic944ss]

Some interesting points and good to see some reasoned discussion.

Loz, in my mind hits the nail on the head - peoples tastes (and bikes) change and while I'm sure lots just come here looking for Ducati info, others might now just browse and not post at all. But, if no-one posted here, the information would not be available and the message board could just be a calendar of events instead!

I think A888SP's post is a constructive one but, since I'm now a member of the webteam my own usage of the site has changed totally. Instead of being able to browse over all sorts of forums, I now seem to only do webteamy type stuff and browse the 'SS' forum when I get chance - so I'd be interested to hear why people think their usage of the site has changed?

I'm sure a lot of people did get very sick of the old server/software situation and constant outages but hopefully those users will return and post more regularly now that the problems have been solved.

Also to answer A88SP's question about offensive posts - it just happended to be bad timing that the posts appeared during a heavy workload for the Weteam and no-one actually reported them for sometime, as mentioned previously we now rely quite a bit on people reporting offensive posts other wise we might not see them ourselves.

FINALLY - the new constitution has been hand posted with the copy of Pronto and is very worthy of consideration.

Kind Regards - Frank
DSC Webteam

[GsxrAge]

Originally Posted by Iconic944ss

FINALLY - the new constitution has been hand posted with the copy of Pronto and is very worthy of consideration.

Kind Regards - Frank
DSC Webteam

Hmm thats all very well but if ya don't get pronto ya can't read it !

[david.hicks]

Got mine today and I to be frank I can't be arsed with the constitution - I joined last year and I guess I missed it all. I don't know what all the fuss is about ... just that there has been loads of bitchin' about it and the DD by a bunch of people I've never met but all seem to know each other really well and it is all a bit boring really. Yawn.

Can't be arsed with Pronto either actually - I binned it.