Voting Open / Changing the LAN Forum Name to LATAM (motion will pass)
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Voting Over, Motion Passed: Changing the LAN Forum Name to LATAM
Moved by SkiAdcock and seconded by jackal
Talkboard recommends renaming the LAN|LANPass forum name to
Forum title: LATAM | LATAM Pass and LATAM Fidelidade
Forum description: Including LAN, LAN Argentina, LAN Colombia, LAN Equador, LAN Peru, TAM Airlines, and TAM Paraguay
and moving TAM threads from other forums into the newly named forum"
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Talkboard recommends renaming the LAN|LANPass forum name to
Forum title: LATAM | LATAM Pass and LATAM Fidelidade
Forum description: Including LAN, LAN Argentina, LAN Colombia, LAN Equador, LAN Peru, TAM Airlines, and TAM Paraguay
and moving TAM threads from other forums into the newly named forum"
Per the TalkBoard Guidelines:
A motion shall pass if at least two-thirds of the yes or no votes cast by TalkBoard members are ‘yes’ and a majority of the total TalkBoard membership votes 'yes.'
The purpose of posting voting topics in the public TalkBoard Topics forum is to solicit member feedback on any motions that are up for a vote and to allow for comments after a vote is made. It is at the sole discretion of the individual TalkBoard members whether they choose to post in the public discussion thread, there being no requirement to do so.
So while there is already a thread and discussion on this general topic and it is safe to assume that TalkBoard members have reviewed that thread, this thread is about this specific motion.
Please feel free to post questions, comments or any other sort of feedback in this thread, or in the other discussion thread.
Voting will commence by TB members two days after the public posting of this motion.
Voting will commence at 2:45 PM on Tuesday May 10th.
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As the company has changed its name for all of the carriers, and the FFPs changed name over a month ago (but it will be some time until all the aircraft lipstick has been changed and people are aware of the new name), I cannot imagine what opposition there might be to this. There is no longer LAN nor a LANPASS nor TAM Fidelidade.
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Voted yes to the change. Seems simple enough and the name change will cover all the different LAN subsidiaries.
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While I'm happy that there would be one forum, I think there needs to be some thought put in to dealing with the fact that Latam still has 2 programs - Latam Pass & Latam Fidelidade. There remain significant differences between the two for things such as eligibilty & a single forum may confuse the issue for some members
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While I'm happy that there would be one forum, I think there needs to be some thought put in to dealing with the fact that Latam still has 2 programs - Latam Pass & Latam Fidelidade. There remain significant differences between the two for things such as eligibilty & a single forum may confuse the issue for some members
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There are some BIG differences
LatamPass is kilometre based while Latam Fidelidade is points based on the price you pay for your ticket.
This means that the same ticket can receive substantially different points values depending on which program you are in.
I don't know if the changes have taken out some of the other major differences. eg. LanPass issued companion vouchers to Comodoro members but Tam Fidelidade didn't.
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Latam Pass & Latam Fidelidade have totally different points systems.
LatamPass is kilometre based while Latam Fidelidade is points based on the price you pay for your ticket.
This means that the same ticket can receive substantially different points values depending on which program you are in.
I don't know if the changes have taken out some of the other major differences. eg. LanPass issued companion vouchers to Comodoro members but Tam Fidelidade didn't.
LatamPass is kilometre based while Latam Fidelidade is points based on the price you pay for your ticket.
This means that the same ticket can receive substantially different points values depending on which program you are in.
I don't know if the changes have taken out some of the other major differences. eg. LanPass issued companion vouchers to Comodoro members but Tam Fidelidade didn't.
In any event, I would naturally expect that anyone posting about the Fidelidade program as opposed to Pass program would post as such.
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This motion has received the required six votes and will pass.
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I voted yest although I still have some reservations about whether we're creating the "joint" forum too soon. I see future and present perfect tenses being used to describe the unification and rebranding steps that are being taken, not any indication that the essential parts of the combination have all been done or any specific dates (which doesn't surprise me).
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I voted yest although I still have some reservations about whether we're creating the "joint" forum too soon. I see future and present perfect tenses being used to describe the unification and rebranding steps that are being taken, not any indication that the essential parts of the combination have all been done or any specific dates (which doesn't surprise me).
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There are no longer any LAN nor TAM, just paint. There are no longer any plans called LANPass nor TAM Fidelidade. Any attempt to access various LAN or TAM websites redirect to LATAM websites. Other than paint, markings on various onboard vajilla, and the like, the essential parts of the combination are complete. Oh, and telling your taxi driver what airline you're flying ...
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Rather than derail a thread dedicated to voting on a proposed motion with dilatory discussion about specific procedural matters, as several have suggested the posts in question have been moved - to the existing thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/talkb...real-time.html, as suggested by jackal, since the discussion revisits the topic.
Please continue the procedural discussion there.
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/JDiver, Moderator (and curator - librarian )
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/talkb...real-time.html, as suggested by jackal, since the discussion revisits the topic.
Please continue the procedural discussion there.
Thank you,
/JDiver, Moderator (and curator - librarian )
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