West Midlands rotary forum

[Kamatari]

Not really sure where the best place to post this so i\'ll do it here

ive put up a site with a forum at the moment over at http://www.rexmidlands.com with the hoping that we can get a local community going and start having some meets up this end Its open to all rotary vechicles.

At the moment its all pretty basic but over time there will be some improvements and ive got a couple of ideas for things

So come on over and take a look

[Kamatari]

Whilst i havent done much on this yet i\'m getting round to it, just had a few projects and job start all at once!

Although a question would be, do you guys here see much use for a west midlands forum?

[rbs14a]

Whilst i havent done much on this yet i\'m getting round to it, just had a few projects and job start all at once!

Although a question would be, do you guys here see much use for a west midlands forum?

not really, there is a few of us around here though. get yourself over on fduk.org theres alot of us on there :chat

[B.Martin]

Fduk don\'t let you join unless you have an FD.

[Kamatari]

True, i wasnt aiming for it to be focused at one type of car but any rotary, Was just thinking it would be nice if rotary owners in the west midlands can get together, i see a couple of FD\'s around birmingham, no FC\'s though..

[johnf]

I think you would need to offer something different.

I log onto MRC every day and can\'t see any real benefit in looking for any other site.

MRC has a section for local meets etc, might just as well use that for meeting ideas.

As for no FC\'s - surprised you haven\'t seen me around.

Unfortunately due to it getting out of hand the monthly meet at Becketts Farm has been cancelled and I don\'t know of another.

John

[RamoNZ]

I think you would need to offer something different.

I log onto MRC every day and can\'t see any real benefit in looking for any other site.

John

Is that because you have a closed mind?

[Lacey]

Is that because you have a closed mind?

No, and I share John\'s opinion. Everything I want to know, rotary related, I can find out from users on here who have had the years of experience in the industry to know what they\'re talking about.

The club offers benefits that many don\'t. Your yearly subscription pays for itself in discounted ticked prices to shows alone, let alone the other benefits of full membership.

I won\'t go anywhere else not only because I\'m not in the midlands, but because everything I want and need, is right here. What would be the purpose on signing up to many other forums just to get less out of it than I do being here.

For people in the midlands this could be good, and a really good way of getting to know other locals, but having it so centralised into one particular part of the country puts forth the illusion (I say illusion because I know that\'s not the intent) of excluding outsiders in lieu of forming a more closely-knitted, closed-in group of people, rather than having a nationwide forum simply with a sub-section or sub-forum to divide up the areas of the UK into categories (southeast, southwest, midlands, north, scotland and wales) where people can post up relevant things to their locale.

Just my (probably unwanted) 2 cents.

[RamoNZ]

Yep I get it.

Aside from the fact you advertise your own forum, you clearly are happy with just the one TV channel, one radio station, one type of Mazda (FC in your case, god forbid anyone drive anything else), people with different race, religion, political opinion, gender, sexuality - need I go on?

Glad the world is not full of closed minded individuals - more forums equals more knowledge equals more information to more people.

I say diversity is king, long live diversity!

Your 2c is refunded

[Lacey]

Yep I get it.

Aside from the fact you advertise your own forum, you clearly are happy with just the one TV channel, one radio station, one type of Mazda (FC in your case, god forbid anyone drive anything else), people with different race, religion, political opinion, gender, sexuality - need I go on?

Glad the world is not full of closed minded individuals - more forums equals more knowledge equals more information to more people.

I say diversity is king, long live diversity!

Your 2c is refunded

1) I don\'t "advertise" my forum, I have a link to it, not once have I ever posted a "hey come join us" thread, topic or post here, I simply have a link to it, that\'s not exactly the same as some of the 6 foot long advertising signatures on here, now is it?

2) Who said I had anything against anybody not in an FC? I like all rotaries and most Mazda\'s, with varying intensities. FC\'s are one of my favourites, below the Eunos Cosmo, and the RX4, doesn\'t mean I wouldn\'t have an FD or RX-8 given the chance, your assumption of my character fails nicely.

And as for "people with different race, religion, political opinion, gender, sexuality", who are you to say that none of the above apply to me, or you, or anybody. I wasn\'t saying \'not\' to make a forum for the midlands, just saying that in doing so, it could give the impression that it\'s \'only\' for people in the midlands. I never said that was the case, just that that\'s how it would appear to me as an outsider, it would make me feel unwelcome and that I didn\'t belong, as it\'s a group focussed on the midlands populous.

Next time you want to make assumptions about things and other peoples character, personality, beliefs, lifestyle and ideals, might want to check your facts beforehand. :Thumbs-up

[Lacey]

Also, for somebody proclaiming "diversity" and "open minds", you\'re unsurprisingly quick to devalue my opinion purely on the basis that it doesn\'t coincide with and match up to your own.

Either way, I wish Kamatari the best of luck on his endeavour, and if he wants/needs any help, I\'m happy to offer what help I can.

[Nik da Greek]

In order to provide some balance, perhaps it might be worth pointing out that with all due respect to Lacey\'s views, it\'s very much worthwhile visiting other forums, especially for the reason quoted "Everything I want to know, rotary related, I can find out from users on  here who have had the years of experience in the industry to know what  they\'re talking about." In the case of FDs, certainly, most of the users whom I would really consider have an invaluable and indispensible wealth of knowledge do not come on this site for various reasons.

Therefore, certainly in the FD world, FDUK must be considered as an invaluable resource for information. For old-skool techinical knowledge, of course, e x i l e is the way to go. Both forums also have a completely different "feel" to this one, and evidently many people far prefer the unique character of those forums.

With that said, I\'m not convinced the rotary scene in the UK is big enough to support another rotary forum,  but wish the OP all the best with their endevour.

....if anyone\'s collecting these 2ps they\'ll..errr, have 6p by now

[johnf]

Is that because you have a closed mind?

Far from it but you\'ll have to take my work for that.

I try to view any related sites to see what they\'re like and if they\'re what I\'m looking for and to date I haven\'t found one that suites me better than MRC.

I am registered on FDUK - don\'t like it so I stopped visiting, each to their own.

I\'m registered an a few car sites each with a different core.

I used my open mind to make a choice.

I feel any new site would need to look to provide something fresh in order to develop and grow.

I responded to the post as I am in the Midlands and thought the view of a local rotary owner may be of interest to they guy.
An attempt to help not wind him up as seems to give enjoyment to some.

Lacey, don\'t get wound up it\'s not worth it.

John

[Ian65]

Kamatari, go for it mate....
you\'ll be surprised how many are looking for \'something different\'
the more forums, the more chance of bringing people into the rotary scene...

[lowslowandold]

go for it buddy
 
but i would make sure its run properly, unlike some forums, so be carefull who mod\'s it and make sure they aint power hungry, making sure you dont censor to much of the content (deleting thread\'s, moving threads, and banning people if they speak out or think differently) because lets face we dont want forums to be run like the chinese internet.
 
but what nikdagreek said is wise the uk scene isnt that big, there are forums out there like FDUK and E X I L E, which cater for the different type of rotary owner, which are different and have more freedom of speech.
 
i would have advertising on your forum as this can very political and ruin peoples livelyhoods, seen happen to some good vendors (and why queit alot of vendors dont spend any time on forums) (sp?)
 
hope goes well mate. buts lets face it it would be good to have an alternative to MRC
 
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