FF:NZ NZFF will be around to End of August to give you time to arrange an event.

I don't really understand the point of this. Does the existence of this board cost anyone money? Or time? Or resources? Why close it down?

 

THIS SUCKS BIG TIME

Since the last threat of closure, things have picked up in here.

 

Anyone in Auckland up for a coffee on the weekend then?

 

fanforce outing to the erotica expo!!!!

 

Ummmm ... no.

 

It seems a curious policy, and one of excess arbitrary and unnecessary regulation. Yes, a main aim of FanForce was link up fans in the offline world, but there's something to be said for even occasional local community interaction online. There may not be much going on, but it hardly causes any problems, and it's not as if groups of kiwi fans abandoned this "official" forum for other pastures. Really, is a CR all that necessary?

If there had been a mass exodus of this community's members to another forum, then I could perhaps understand such a decision. But this is not the case, and, given the evolutionary nature of such forums, to close it in these circumstances essentially eliminates any chance of it returning, demonstrates a devaluing of and lack of appreciation for the interaction that does take place, and ultimately serves only to hasten fandom's demise.

I realise the policy is not your doing, Adalia, and that given my almost complete lack of involvement (at least under this ID) I can't really bemoan its passing, but to close one of the earliest communities which came together on the back of FanForce, rather than a pre-existing fan club, seems to dampen the spirit of FanForce in favour of its organisational minutiae. And that spirit is far more valuable than any notion of official status.

 

As a kiwi who has moved overseas, I love coming to this place to keep in touch with the guys I have left behind

 

does having this board open cause an expense to thefore.net in monetary value? No. Does this board being open cause you as a mod any personal annoyance? No. Rules are bent and broken all the time. It's the bloody internet, who says rules apply anyway?

Adalia Edit: Trolling.

 

i bet you anything you like that NO board has constant 'meetings and outings together', and an internet board forcing that kind of rediculous prerequisit onto people is plain halarious.

ive already told you ill be CR, ill even make get togethers, which im sure no one will attend but at least i can make mock ones and do all that complete bull**** if it's what's required.

 

This board has never really been active, and its taken this long to want to shut us down?

 

I personally would probably stop using this whole site if this forum does get closed.

Surely from SFL's emotional posts you can get some sort of gauge of how important this place is to all of us. Heck I wouldn't have met Mark without it.

Us kiwis are a passionate bunch, and as you can tell we rarely give in without a fight

 

I wonder if those other FanForces have populations in more concentrated areas? We're fairly spread out...

I say this is all contrary to the norm of self-determination, and a violation of Chapter 1(1)(2) of the United Nations Charter, article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I'm so taking this to the International Court of Justice. I likes my rules, too.

 

okay, well I'm seeing a few options for us here. One is moving to the starwars.com New Zealand message board. It doesn't look like it's been active since 2007, but it's there

http://forums.starwars.com/forum.jspa?forumID=125

Another option is asking if the New Zealand 501st message board would mine us hanging out there, even if we're not members of the 501st. They're over here:

http://outpost42.dr-maul.com/forums/index.php?act=idx

A third option is asking if the http://www.star-wars.co.nz website would mine hosting a message board for us. I think they already host the 501st's one.

 

Hmmmm. Let's look at some numbers: Forum / Topics / Posts

NZ / 1029 / 27475
Oceania / 1218 / 75039
QLD / 2842 / 94179
SA / 1325 / 129507
VIC / 828 / 32076
WA / 1189 / 38557
NSW / 1588 / 92112

We do pretty well considering how few of us there are compared to the "others" from the west island.

Mr_Burns: Bravo on both of your posts. I agree 100%.

SFL: Sorry I was too late to read your original posts before they were "pinked" out. I know you are an emotional guy who stands up for what he believes in. [*sniff*]

As has been made abundantly clear, each of our geographical locations makes it pretty near impossible to meet regularly for coffee, movies OR erotica expo's.

Isn't the whole idea of having the boards is to have a "virtual" place to meet??

So if the NZ board gets shut down, it will be a sad sad day. [/start_god_defend_new_zealand]

If rules is rules, then sucks to be the rule makers. BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

 

Guys

Adalia is doing her job, and she's doing it correctly. Personal comments and attacks are not on.

As she says, the whole function of a chapter having a forum is to arrange, plan, and advertise meet-ups. That's what FF is. Nothing to stop you all chatting and having a laugh as well, but if that's all you want to do, then you have the Oceania Regional Discussion board for that.

It's not hard to have a meet. All it needs is 3 of you to go and watch Clone Wars or something. Just say here in advance "We're going to see this movie next week. Anyone want to come", have 3 people go and bingo.

I can see there's a lot of bitterness, so I'd ask you just to step back a bit and consdier what's actually being said, not what you think is being said

 

It's not Addie's fault that this has to happen.
The South Australian Fan Force is situated in a dinky little backwater city.. we are one the highest posting FanForces on the planet simply because we got off our backsides & WORKED to get new people... we do MASSIVE amounts of charity work all in Star Wars suits..
Fanforce is not just about posting on a forum.. it's about getting together in RL.
The SAFF does their best to meet up regularly - why? Because we've all become great friends in the process....All well & good to say you're passionate about the place but if that were the case you lot would post here more frequently. Maybe we've taken the love of SW to a whole new level.

Trust me, Addie doesn't want to see the place closed down, no-one does but if she doesn't do it, someone else will....

 

I realise what the letter of the law is regarding the forums. I realise you're following that. And I suppose this isn't the place to challenge that policy.

But I still find it bizarre there is a perceived need to close the forum. I can only assume the underlying purpose of encouraging FanForce meetups is to foster stronger links between fans in their locality. This may well be the best way. But where fans may exist in somewhat of a state of geographic disparateness, surely some online fraternisation amongst countrypersons is better than nothing? Even if that interaction is minimal? Yes, we could go to the general Oceania forum, but why should that be necessary?

The boards are not short of bandwidth. The structure is such that quieter forums hardly lend a sense of deadwood to things. Why is there a need for such a policy? To what end?