Nov 22, 2014, 5:10 pm
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A Brief History of the Flyer Talk TalkBoard
Discussion, suggestions & corrections
Link to thread with discussion about the existence and development of this thread. Please add comments and suggestions there, not here.
Note information that is incomplete is in italics. Any assistance or clarification of missing or incomplete or inaccurate information is greatly appreciated.
Introduction
The Introduction gives links to Flyer Talk Town Hall (the information section for TalkBoard), including archived copies, plus the public TalkBoard forums.
TalkBoard membership
Current TalkBoard membership at bottom of page
Alumnus includes President and Vice-President by time, and TalkBoard members by handle and term
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Discussion, suggestions & corrections
Link to thread with discussion about the existence and development of this thread. Please add comments and suggestions there, not here.
Note information that is incomplete is in italics. Any assistance or clarification of missing or incomplete or inaccurate information is greatly appreciated.
Introduction
The Introduction gives links to Flyer Talk Town Hall (the information section for TalkBoard), including archived copies, plus the public TalkBoard forums.
TalkBoard membership
Current TalkBoard membership at bottom of page
Alumnus includes President and Vice-President by time, and TalkBoard members by handle and term
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
A brief history of the Flyer Talk TalkBoard
Nov 23, 2014, 10:57 am
#16
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Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Posts: 71,422
TalkBoard membership
2013
Note information that is incomplete is in italics. Any assistance or clarification of missing or incomplete or inaccurate information is greatly appreciated.
TalkBoard membership at 01JAN13
Vice-President - SkiAdcock
November 2013
Removed from TalkBoard by vote of TalkBoard for HansGolden, who also resigned while the vote was in progress. In accordance with TalkBoard rules there was no immediate replacement as the 2013 election was in progress, with the unsuccessful candidate with the highest votes to serve the remainder of Hans Golden's term.
Source - Motion Passed : Removal of HansGolden from TalkBoard and My Resignation
December 2013
The terms of goalie, jackal, kokonutz, nsx and RichMSN ended. An election was held for 5 positions, plus one extra to fill the vacancy. The successful candidates were.
December 2013
Election of SkiAdcock as President.
Election of bdschobel as Vice-President.
Source - Election of TalkBoard leaders for 2013-2014
TalkBoard membership at 31DEC13
Vice-President - bdschobel
2013
Note information that is incomplete is in italics. Any assistance or clarification of missing or incomplete or inaccurate information is greatly appreciated.
TalkBoard membership at 01JAN13
- Cholula
- goalie
- HansGolden
- jackal
- kokonutz
- MSPeconomist
- nsx
- RichMSN
- SkiAdcock
Vice-President - SkiAdcock
November 2013
Removed from TalkBoard by vote of TalkBoard for HansGolden, who also resigned while the vote was in progress. In accordance with TalkBoard rules there was no immediate replacement as the 2013 election was in progress, with the unsuccessful candidate with the highest votes to serve the remainder of Hans Golden's term.
Source - Motion Passed : Removal of HansGolden from TalkBoard and My Resignation
December 2013
The terms of goalie, jackal, kokonutz, nsx and RichMSN ended. An election was held for 5 positions, plus one extra to fill the vacancy. The successful candidates were.
- bdschobel
- CMK10
- goalie
- kokonutz
- Marathon Man - 1 year term to fill the vacancy
- rwoman
December 2013
Election of SkiAdcock as President.
Election of bdschobel as Vice-President.
Source - Election of TalkBoard leaders for 2013-2014
TalkBoard membership at 31DEC13
- bdschobel
- CMK10
- Cholula
- goalie
- kokonutz
- Marathon Man
- MSPeconomist
- rwoman
- SkiAdcock
Vice-President - bdschobel
Last edited by Kiwi Flyer; Nov 24, 2015 at 11:34 pm
Nov 23, 2014, 11:16 am
#17
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
TalkBoard membership
2014
Note information that is incomplete is in italics. Any assistance or clarification of missing or incomplete or inaccurate information is greatly appreciated.
TalkBoard membership at 01JAN14
Vice-President - bdschobel
July 2014
Resignation from TalkBoard by goalie, and replacement by jason8612 as the unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 election with the second highest votes.
Source - I will be resigning from TalkBoard but for a good reason and jason8612 replaces goalie on TalkBoard
December 2014
The terms of Cholula, Marathon Man, MSPeconomist and SkiAdcock ended. An election was held for 4 positions. The successful candidates were as follows
December 2014
Election of bdschobel as President.
Election of jason8612 as Vice-President.
Source - Election of TalkBoard leaders 2014/15
TalkBoard membership at 31DEC14
Vice-President - jason8612
2014
Note information that is incomplete is in italics. Any assistance or clarification of missing or incomplete or inaccurate information is greatly appreciated.
TalkBoard membership at 01JAN14
- bdschobel
- CMK10
- Cholula
- goalie
- kokonutz
- Marathon Man
- MSPeconomist
- rwoman
- SkiAdcock
Vice-President - bdschobel
July 2014
Resignation from TalkBoard by goalie, and replacement by jason8612 as the unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 election with the second highest votes.
Source - I will be resigning from TalkBoard but for a good reason and jason8612 replaces goalie on TalkBoard
December 2014
The terms of Cholula, Marathon Man, MSPeconomist and SkiAdcock ended. An election was held for 4 positions. The successful candidates were as follows
- canarsie
- dchristiva
- MSPeconomist
- nsx
December 2014
Election of bdschobel as President.
Election of jason8612 as Vice-President.
Source - Election of TalkBoard leaders 2014/15
TalkBoard membership at 31DEC14
- bdschobel
- canarsie
- CMK10
- dchristiva
- jason8612
- kokonutz
- MSPeconomist
- nsx
- rwoman
Vice-President - jason8612
Last edited by Kiwi Flyer; Nov 24, 2015 at 11:32 pm
Dec 15, 2014, 2:09 am
#18
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
Updated for 2014/15 President & Vice-President.
Nov 16, 2015, 12:37 am
#19
Moderator, Hilton Honors
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: on a short leash
Programs: some
Posts: 71,422
TalkBoard membership
2015
Note information that is incomplete is in italics. Any assistance or clarification of missing or incomplete or inaccurate information is greatly appreciated.
TalkBoard membership at 01JAN15
Vice-President - jason8612
December 2015
The terms of bdschobel, CMK10, jason8612, kokonutz and rwoman ended. An election was held for 5 positions. The successful candidates were as follows -
December 2015
Election of canarsie as President.
Election of CMK10 as Vice-President.
Source - Election of TalkBoard leaders 2015/16
TalkBoard membership at 31DEC15
Vice-President - CMK10
2015
Note information that is incomplete is in italics. Any assistance or clarification of missing or incomplete or inaccurate information is greatly appreciated.
TalkBoard membership at 01JAN15
- bdschobel
- canarsie
- CMK10
- dchristiva
- jason8612
- kokonutz
- MSPeconomist
- nsx
- rwoman
Vice-President - jason8612
December 2015
The terms of bdschobel, CMK10, jason8612, kokonutz and rwoman ended. An election was held for 5 positions. The successful candidates were as follows -
- SkiAdcock
- jackal
- CMK10
- jason8612
- rwoman
December 2015
Election of canarsie as President.
Election of CMK10 as Vice-President.
Source - Election of TalkBoard leaders 2015/16
TalkBoard membership at 31DEC15
- canarsie
- CMK10
- dchristiva
- jackal
- jason8612
- MSPeconomist
- nsx
- rwoman
- SkiAdcock
Vice-President - CMK10
Last edited by Kiwi Flyer; Dec 5, 2015 at 12:29 am
Nov 24, 2015, 7:31 am
#20
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Please note that my username is MSPeconomist, not MSPEconomist. (The letter e should be lower case, not cap E.)
Nov 24, 2015, 8:10 am
#21
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Since there have been some comments expressing concern that the number (and percentage) of TB members who vote in TB elections has been declining, I decided to try to find the actual numbers for comparison. My apologies go in advance to Kiwi Flyer for taking the liberty to post the data in his excellent thread.
In the early years, Randy apparently didn't post numbers for TB elections, although it does seem possible to find the number of vacancies and the number of candidates on the ballot for at least some of these years. In 2010, the last year for which Randy posted the list of winners as our FT Founder, he reported that 1852 ballots were cast but our (then new) CD reported it later as 1875.
2011: 1375 ballots cast
2012: 1068 ballots cast
2013: 738 ballots cast
2014: 597 ballots cast
2015: 468 ballots cast
In the early years, Randy apparently didn't post numbers for TB elections, although it does seem possible to find the number of vacancies and the number of candidates on the ballot for at least some of these years. In 2010, the last year for which Randy posted the list of winners as our FT Founder, he reported that 1852 ballots were cast but our (then new) CD reported it later as 1875.
2011: 1375 ballots cast
2012: 1068 ballots cast
2013: 738 ballots cast
2014: 597 ballots cast
2015: 468 ballots cast
Nov 24, 2015, 1:59 pm
#22
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Since there have been some comments expressing concern that the number (and percentage) of TB members who vote in TB elections has been declining, I decided to try to find the actual numbers for comparison. My apologies go in advance to Kiwi Flyer for taking the liberty to post the data in his excellent thread.
In the early years, Randy apparently didn't post numbers for TB elections, although it does seem possible to find the number of vacancies and the number of candidates on the ballot for at least some of these years. In 2010, the last year for which Randy posted the list of winners as our FT Founder, he reported that 1852 ballots were cast but our (then new) CD reported it later as 1875.
2011: 1375 ballots cast
2012: 1068 ballots cast
2013: 738 ballots cast
2014: 597 ballots cast
2015: 468 ballots cast
In the early years, Randy apparently didn't post numbers for TB elections, although it does seem possible to find the number of vacancies and the number of candidates on the ballot for at least some of these years. In 2010, the last year for which Randy posted the list of winners as our FT Founder, he reported that 1852 ballots were cast but our (then new) CD reported it later as 1875.
2011: 1375 ballots cast
2012: 1068 ballots cast
2013: 738 ballots cast
2014: 597 ballots cast
2015: 468 ballots cast
2016: 333 ballots cast.
The new Talkboard members should probably come up with some ideas on how to reverse this trend.
Nov 24, 2015, 2:15 pm
#23
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: MEL CHC
Posts: 21,026
..In 2010, the last year for which Randy posted the list of winners as our FT Founder, he reported that 1852 ballots were cast but our (then new) CD reported it later as 1875.
2011: 1375 ballots cast
2012: 1068 ballots cast
2013: 738 ballots cast
2014: 597 ballots cast
2015: 468 ballots cast
2011: 1375 ballots cast
2012: 1068 ballots cast
2013: 738 ballots cast
2014: 597 ballots cast
2015: 468 ballots cast
Nov 24, 2015, 2:19 pm
#24
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I know it was way down this year, but the number of TB vacancies varies from year to year. Moreover, term limits were imposed about five years ago and before then, some TB members tended to serve for a very long time.
Nov 24, 2015, 2:47 pm
#25
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I'll ponder it a bit over turkey and adult beverages.
Dec 5, 2015, 12:33 am
#26
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Updated for 2015/16 President & Vice-President.