My humble opinion is that it should be the aim of the club to encourage as many members as possible to have access to, and to use, the club's forum. With our monthly magazine appearing to constantly being out of date, the forum is perfect for 'last minute' notifications etc. As many members are of an era of the printed word, word of mouth, picking up the telephone, and, god forbid - actually talking face to face, making the loading of photos onto the forum should be made as simple as possible. To some club members the word Photobucket only mean a bucket where one puts photographs!! As the club forum is financed by club members, I think it only reasonable to put a full page 'what do the members think?' in ACtion. As our Administrator has mentioned, nothing will be done, if anything, until the end of the summer, so there should be time for this to happen and the outcome taken into consideration by those who govern our club.
What percentage of the club members use the forum? does anybody know?
What percentage of forum users are club members?
What percentage of the club's finances are used to maintain this forum which is open to anyone who cares to register, member or not?
Do all members of the club's committee regularly access the forum?
Food for thought.