dgolds
Posts: 2244
From: SFO -- CO Platinum Elite
Registered: Apr 99
posted 04-11-2002 06:33 AM
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OK, I know I haven't been very active here lately, but I'm going to gripe nevertheless.
I thought the idea of our GBLT board was to provide a place to talk about issues around gay travel. Why would you want to post itineraries here when there is a perfectly good place to do it on FlyerTalk?
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dfwoods
Posts: 25
From: Chicago
Registered: Sep 2001
posted 04-11-2002 07:11 AM
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dgolds -- I respectfully disagree with your position. None of us advocated foresaking the other board. However, there are times when I would like to check a rundown of where the gay FTs are going. This cross posting allows us to do that without having to sift through the other posts. Essentially, it is much like a sort function. I see nothing wrong with that.
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catwood
Posts: 393
From: Philadelphia, PA
Registered: Jun 2001
posted 04-11-2002 07:16 AM
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I would agree that cross posting isn't bad. I've posted my itinerary on the US Board as well.
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DEK
Posts: 41
From: Maine, USA
Registered: Feb 2001
posted 04-11-2002 08:18 AM
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Have deleted my original post....sorry to have offended anyone...!
[This message has been edited by DEK (edited 04-12-2002).]
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dgolds
Posts: 2244
From: SFO -- CO Platinum Elite
Registered: Apr 99
posted 04-11-2002 06:18 PM
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Well, for starters, the desciption of this board is:
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Share your tips, recommendations, and advice on gay travel here.
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Posting itineraries does none of the above. It "sorts" us out from the rest of the community. The post just above this one
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if your tentative trip to PWM on 7/26 turns into confirmed let me know and maybe we could meet up for drinks sometime that weekend
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is an example of what I mean - is the meeting for drinks arranged above going to be publicized anywhere else on FlyerTalk? Maybe yes, and I don't mean to pick on anyone by writing that.
Before this board (which I lobbied here to initiate for months, by the way) started there was some concern addressed that if it became a meet and greet place, it would split up what has effectively been one community. I think it's a legitimate concern.
Do we really want to ghettoize FlyerTalk?
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robb
Posts: 588
From: College Station, TX (IAH/AUS) - UA 1P
Registered: Feb 2001
posted 04-11-2002 07:06 PM
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dgolds, I'd be happy to take this topic up on email, but I'm much more concerned with the forum becoming about the forum itself rather than about gay travel.
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CanadianGuy
Posts: 20
From: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Registered: Jan 2002
posted 04-12-2002 01:09 PM
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Dgolds,
Sorry to disagree with you, but I think this forum is great, and I do not think in anyway it 'ghettoizes' FT.
Just my HO.
CanGuy
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wharvey
Posts: 1213
From: West Henrietta, NY, USA (suburb of Rochester)
Registered: Jul 2000
posted 04-13-2002 11:42 AM
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DGolds,
If someone wants to meet up with "family" when they travel, I believe this forum is the perfect place to do that... that would be "Gay Travel related" to me.
It seems like most people are posting on the community forum as well... so I do not see any problem with that.
William
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dgolds
Posts: 2244
From: SFO -- CO Platinum Elite
Registered: Apr 99
posted 04-15-2002 06:18 AM
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Canadian Guy: I think this forum is great, too. I lobbied for it for months. It's this particular discussion thread I object to.
wharvey: Exactly my point. Who is "family"? Other gay people or other FlyerTalkers?
Look, guys, I respect your opinion, and happen to disagree with it. No biggie. Why don't we agree to disagree and drop the subject as robb suggested?
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Doppy
Posts: 1575
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: May 2000
posted 04-15-2002 01:48 PM
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I'll have to agree with dgolds. One of the specific issues discussed before the forum was set up was that it was not supposed to take over for other fora, like FT Community for organizing get-togethers.
While I'm not opposed to cross-posting, I am opposed to only posting things here. That was a specific concern raised by members on both sides of the debate, and they were assured by supporters of the forum that this wouldn't become an exclusive place for posting things like itineraries and get-togethers.
The bottom line for me is that meeting/itinerary type information should only be posted here if it's going to be posted in the regular fora.
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robb
Posts: 588
From: College Station, TX (IAH/AUS) - UA 1P
Registered: Feb 2001
posted 04-15-2002 05:20 PM
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Thanks dgold, I appreciate it.
Doppy, et al., we can always discuss it on email or in the suggestions forum, but in the middle of a thread isn't the place to discuss it (You can't talk about what is Buzzworthy in the Buzz, and you can't talk about what is GLBT-worthy in the GLBT forum.)
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geo1004
Posts: 3358
From: Alexandria, Virginia, USA, - US Gold
Registered: Jan 99
posted 04-17-2002 06:50 AM
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Anyone care for an opinion from a "non-family" member?
Clearly, IMO, there are issues that are specific to GLBT travel. That's why I think the GLBT Travelers Forum is a good idea. What a great place to share travel info and ideas!
However, as a non-GLBT traveler, I'd be really disappointed to find that a FT gathering or a FT get together took place in my back yard and I missed it because I don't read the GLBT forum even though I do read the FT Community threads daily!?!?
And, hey, let's be honest here. If the purpose of the gathering is to meet other FT'ers who are potential partners, why can that not be posted in the FT Community thread the same way the NOLA Singles Gathering was a few months ago????