So is the concern that someone would be unscrupulous and purposely leave DOs off for their own personal reasons?

I guess I just would like to see something more user-friendly where I can search by date or by city.

Say I've decided I need to go to ORD on business... it would be nice to see if there is a dinner planned so I can plan my trip around it.

Or say they run the web fare list for next weekend... it would be nice to see what is going on chronologically so I could figure out if I wanted to fly somewhere.

Right now, there is really no way to search by date that I've found... and searching by city is hit or miss depending on what and where. Plus someone can post something a few weeks out... and it gets buried. Self-bumping only bumps other threads off the page. I recall a point a couple of months ago where just the view of threads active the past five days was six pages long.

I think the calendar is a great idea. It would be nice to be able to see at a glance what is coming up without having to stay on top of every thread that comes through here. Maybe I'm missing something but I just don't understand what is bad about the idea.

You are not missing anything

There is a DO calendar- but NO ONE uses it!!!

Why don't you just go ahead? As long as the page doesn't claim to be "the official DO calendar" I can't see how any reasonable person could object to having the info gathered in one place. Those who don't like the idea can still find the info elsewhere.

(possibly ignorant) PS. BTW, is DO short for something?

Hair-do, mostly, as in "nice do".

Or a get-together, that is a gathering of FT'ers at some locale.

I cannot say with any degree of certainty, but didn't the term originate with the CatmanDo?

Techgirl,

I like your idea, and think that the fairest thing would be to try it out. If it doesn't work after a preset period, it gets dumped.

I have just attended my first do, and want to attend others, and think a calender would be an excellent idea. Whatever happens, I believe it deserves a chance.

Matt

Akhullar, that is the understatement of the year.

But as for the following issues that have been brought up:

1. Threads get buried: A good example is SCL Do in Nov, it was brought up quite a few months in advance (as was the DUS do), and of course it will be buried, yet it has been brought back to life many times by those interested in going. As the dates get closer to the Do Date the thread gains quite a bit more ink time. As for the Dus do well I just missed it in my rush to post a list prior to a meeting this a.m. However my point was in about two minutes you can glance at all the available do's to date.

2. going back to the "if FT Community was for meetings and gatherings" rather than happy birthday everyone, appreciation threads, five different threads on one weekend, etc. all the do's would fit on one or two pages and you could view all the do's in less than a minute as well as the ability to go into the thread to find out more detail on that particular do. In short lets clean up what we already have.

3. Some want to glance at a calender to plan a trip.. however from what I see;

a) many of the smaller do's are made when a trip is made by someone and someone announces that they will be in XYZ city and asks if anyone wants to get together,
b) as for the large do's, those are known quite well in advance anyway.
c) For the weekend web savers, either glance at whats up.. if it isn't posted by the time you have to buy a websaver.. it probably isn't scheduled.. then see (a)

4) as Jan_Az said, someone could control the Do list and decide what does and does not go on. Such as when there are conflicting do's such as YYZ and PDX. Do's don't have to be postponed just b/c another gathering is taken place elsewhere

5. For those of you who want a calender, use what we have!!!!!!

We have a calender that anyone can use.. I went to look at it tonight, its fine, other than the fact that that calender and the other two calenders which sort by city and flight are just not used, plain and simple. I think that statement says a it in a nutshell.

6. Finally where would this new calender be? Would it replace the Events Calender that we already have? Is it sanctioned by the board owner? Who selects what goes in it? Do we start listing birthdays, anniversary's, etc in it??? if not, who makes this decision? In the end we run into the same issues that FT community runs into

Larry U, you are very correct sir.

The term DO Was born wtih the Catman do 1, NYC October, 1999.

Catman Do 2: March, 2000

Catman Do 3: March, 2001

Now, if I remembered to COPYRIGHT "DO" I could have charged people for use of the word!!!

Viking... this might answer your question on what a "DO" is:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum95/HTML/002054.html




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I admit it was pleasant to see that list that Trojan Horse made a few posts in - even without it being in dated order.

And, I agree with whoever said that it can't hurt to try it out, and if it doesn't fly, fine - nothing for the official FT Calendar to feel threatened about. Perhaps if it wasn't referred to as a Calender, but a Quick List (or something), this might also make it not such a big deal.

Its time for you Hagbard Viking to sign up for one of the few DOs in Europe this fall. CPH 28-29/9.

Or maybe just like how Sheryl has the zones for Hotels as FIRST post on each city Priceline bids index. Very useful. Does UBB allow that feature, i.e. a specific thread to STAY on top of any Forum?

I agree, try it and see if it works. Far too many extraneous threads in this Forum at times, and things like the DUS DO #3 for a date a year hence will vanish from sight for months at a time otherwise.



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~ Glen ~

Why are we making such a simple thing in what we have so difficult:

If we just eliminate the crap that could very well be posted elsewhere all the Do threads will all fit on one or two pages.

FlyerTalk Community
The official get together page for the FlyerTalk community

My browser must be blocking where it says the amazing race , appreciation , birthday , email me , Fantasy FB , Five Hundred Post, Freddy Jr , Humiliation , Priceline , and Thank you FT'ers post here as well so we can bury the get together information.

Making a Thread like Sheryl's (OZstamps post) is only going to create more chaos. Sheesh I hope Sheryl isn't going to run this one then... it will be edited to death without our consent although thats for another thread

Glen, sadly this version of UBB doesn't support "sticky" threads...

This is my point. This thread is not getting current postings because it has been planned far in advance. Therefore, it is not likely to be on most FTer's current topics list.

If you knew about it, possibly you would like to attend.