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Old Aug 15, 2012, 11:32 am
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JDiver
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There is a number of parking services throughout the US that offer frequent parker benefits, as I have found out. As to whether there is a mass of interest sufficient to start a dedicated Forum, the guidelines used here to determine volume and interest are contained in the "sticky" thread at the header of the Forum here: What is the TalkBoard and How are New Forums and Other Suggestions Considered?. In particular:

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What is the TalkBoard and How are New Forums and 
Other Suggestions Considered?

The following are qualitative criteria that the TalkBoard believes are useful
to consider when evaluating proposals to create, close, split, or move
forums. Whenever a forum change is discussed on the TalkBoard Topics,
the TalkBoard encourages posters to fully address these criteria in addition
to any other reasons supporting or opposing the change.

1. Will the forum be (or is it now) beneficial to FlyerTalk?

2. Will the new forum benefit a relationship with FlyerTalk? E.g., does 
the forum provide value for FT members, such as a friendly ear highly
placed in the company

3. Is FT the best place to discuss this subject?

4. Is there a passionate following? This is essential in order to provide
 dedicated expert helpers to get questions answered.

5. Is a critical mass of posts and readers anticipated or existing? We need
adequate traffic to keep everyone visiting frequently. One living forum is
more valuable than two mostly dead ones.

6. Is this the best place on FlyerTalk for this subject? This is the 
classification issue. The answer depends primarily on achieving and 
maintaining critical mass. It also depends on whether or where the 
discussion might (or does) occur in the absence of the forum.

7. For proposals to split a forum, is the split expected to improve 
the signal to noise ratio? Why?

...

Passed June 28, 2010:
Motion Passed: TalkBoard Statement on Criteria for Forum Changes
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