time for a full plate of forums?

[cenacle]

the longer this community is at this place, the more it seems to be becoming something more than a 'refugee camp'...also, the eddy will be gone a month scenario is not playing out...i wish him the best but i think we should set up more of the community here...which means more forums...should we have all the old ones? it can be done in a snap and we can figure out mods thereafter...i'd also like forums for the radio station, the chat, and a dreams forum i mentioned before...oh and a forum devoted to journey discussions, to put it euphemistically...what does everyone else think?

*cough•cough*cough* goes back to being sick

[JRL]

I agree, but let's build from the ground up and figure out just what we want.

[dendro]

I mean no disrespect to Eddy whatsoever, but if we continue to wait for the old board, we may never build a new one, so I agree with cen, and JRL...

[laughingwillow]

cen: I'm guessing you already know my opinion on this issue.

I'm also guessing that there are more than a few spf'ers who are jonesing for a sally forum. I do declare that many never appeared to venture outside of spf salvia space. Ever. hehe

lw

[Cassie]

I would like to give eddy until the end of this week to turn up before i start making serious efforts... although i dont see why we cant start up the full forum and copy and paste to spf if it returns.
I am still aghast ... scarcely believing we wont get the whole of the spf archive back in the public domain.

[Stonehenge]

What we need is a general entheogen grow forum. That is the top priority in my estimation. Salvia is fine but I gave up trying to grow that fickle plant in my environment. I have loads of new plants I'm growing that I want to talk about such as lagochilus, rosea rhodiola and some others. If you never heard of them, I'll explain why they are worth growing.

I say do not wait for eddy one instant. Even if he came back we should still build our own community. He made it amply clear that he had lost what interest he once had. He deserves credit for building it but since he seems to be done, the ball is in our court. I see several people have offered technical help and monetary help. I'll kick in some bucks and will help ouit wherever I'm needed. Are we going to build it here or on a separate domain? I vote for LW to be a major figure in the new spf. ATGS, Winder, JRL, Cassie and some others are going to be a lot of help also.

Stoney

[dendro]

good ideas Stoney...

[laughingwillow]

I agree 100% stoney.

cassie: It would appear there are many of us who would prefer starting anew rather than waiting for eddy. His site could be up tomorrow and still 'd rather be here, now.

lw

[laughingwillow]

Doh! I didn't read all of your post before agreeing 100%, stoney. hehe

I'm afraid I'm more of a war-time leader. Too much of a lightning rod to be of much use in a management role, imo. (Too long off the reservation, if you will.)

But I'll always have an opinion and prolly a few bucks to throw at the community building effort.  

lw

[Cassie]

I don't want eddy running the show anymore either but i do want the archives back and, if possible, the name spiritplants.com to be returned to the community which made it what it is/was. That's the only reason i am waiting on eddy ... that, and i'd like an explanation from him.

[cenacle]

i dont think we need that many admins, but we do need moderators for sure...it is frustrating that it may be that nothing from the old site will survive even to be archived, but so be it...it hurts, we take it, and move along...

what i personally would like to see is a continual dialogue on all levels about what people want and dont want...that keeps community fresh...

that said, we also need forums for the kinds of things we come here to talk about...enths, politics, art, etc...

so should some new forums be added or should we wait? i hung around the world forum a lot, and some of the others too...i'd like to get more a feeling of being underway, if you know what i mean...

it's strange how something can change so quickly...

[TooStonedToType]

I'd be happy to moderate the "salvia plane" again at least until things get started.

[Indra]

and in passing
our glasses raise,
rememberance of warmth filled
electronic days.

[judih]

It's not a trip to add more forums. People have things to say about all topics and it's nice to start 'organized' (oh thank you personal ADD coach Sandra Maynard).

If what is written here can be backed up to avoid that quicksand feeling if the server freaks, that'd be great.

Let mods claim their territories and let the games begin.

(with much appreciation)

and p.s. this colour scheme is a little fluorescent for my taste, but if that's what there is, so be it.

judih

[laughingwillow]

cen: Looks like you is at the helms of this ship and there are many of us willing to sign on. I say, "Lash the mast and full speed ahead, Cap'n. No time like the present."

The spf.com moniker is nothing without the people. And I also saw in another thread that there are many variations currently available, spf.org being the most viable, imo.

As for an explaination from eddy.... what's the point? I'm sure this all fits into his master plan somehow. But I'll just wait for the cliff notes on this one. I'm guessing a fella like me will prolly understand that version a whole lot better.

lw