Discussion on Board Organization

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

For that matter, maybe it makes sense to also nest the Cosa and Senats boards under the Lobby?  They're also almost never used.

[King Txec]

I don't think it is necessary to move the boards.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Really? The front page of the forum is getting pretty long! Those three official boards aren't really casually perused or used, so they seem like prime candidates for reorganizing

[King Txec]

Let's talk about that in another thread so as not to derail this one :-)

[Sir Lüc]

I agree on moving the CRL under the Hopper and I'm not sure why that wasn't the case from the beginning.

I don't necessarily agree with moving Senate and Cosa under the Lobby, and incidentally I would prefer if all Terps were presented in the Lobby, and Cosa voting took place in the Cosa board.

And lastly, I do agree that the front page is getting too bloated, wayyyy beyond what I planned for when I created it. (An argument for another place, perhaps)

[King Txec]

Yeah I can see moving the CRL board.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Personally, I'd have one Ziu board with all the stuff in the Lobby, Cosa, and Senats boards.  I think it would actually help visibility of their contents, rather than having nearly-dead boards with exclusive purposes.  But I don't feel strongly about that.

Let's move the CRL board, at least.  And brainstorm what else can be done -- it feels like it would be a mistake to consolidate the provincial or club boards, since they probably do benefit from being top-level accessible and visible.

[King Txec]

I went ahead and moved the CRL board. Any other changes we can discuss.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Near the bottom of Wittenberg we might be able to save some space by doing with the three special interest groups (Toxophilite Club, Fora Talossa, Sci-Fi & Whiskey) what was done with the Partidariă/Registered Political Parties.

One parent (Special Interest Groups) board with all the groups listed as sub-boards.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

We could, but I feel it really is a good idea to have those sorts of clubs easily discoverable and visible.  Someone casually browsing might discover them and elect to participate, which isn't the sort of thing that can happen with the CRL (as an example).

It may really be time to make the provincial boards into sub-boards, alas... it would save a huge amount of space at a single move, and if we put them under main Witt as sub-boards, they'd still have good visibility.

[Sir Lüc]

I kinda agree with Breneir, and I'd do one better - I'd probably lean towards making those boards a subboard of the Chat Room instead, since that's where similar cultural efforts are conducted (TMT20, TCAT and so on.)

I fully agree with reverting the provinces to subboards, which incidentally is how it used to be on PB until about ten years ago.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

I kinda agree with Breneir, and I'd do one better - I'd probably lean towards making those boards a subboard of the Chat Room instead, since that's where similar cultural efforts are conducted (TMT20, TCAT and so on.)

I fully agree with reverting the provinces to subboards, which incidentally is how it used to be on PB until about ten years ago.

My only concern with making them sub-boards of The Chat Room (I think) is the Chat Room is not a publicly viewable board. It might be beneficial for non-Witt members and even non-citizens to be able to see these groups and their ongoing activities.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Maybe we put up a poll of the nation of these options, and see if there's any general feeling on the subject?
A. Leave it as it is.
B. Make the special interest and province boards into sub-boards.
C. Only make the special interest boards into sub-boards.
D. Only make the province boards into sub-boards.

[Sir Lüc]

That sounds fine to me.

My only concern with making them sub-boards of The Chat Room (I think) is the Chat Room is not a publicly viewable board.

That's also fair. It's good we keep having a place where people can speak their mind on personal life stuff in private.