can we do better than 10%

[mak]

We have started asking people to come join the new BCM website. It seems we are only getting 10 percent of the people who go to register. On this site we average 20 percent members to the rest guest.  I see no reason why the guest can not register, it really does not hurt!  We need all the help we can get with getting all of our members and guest  to register over their. So take a look, make your own bus page with photo's etc, create your own bus group and help us keep this going.  It's easy!
Here's the link
http://busconversions-gobusing.ning.com/

[Sean]

Sorry, Mike, but I won't touch Ning with a 20 foot pole.  If that's where you end up moving the forum, it will move without me.  Many of us were very badly burned by them a few years ago.  BTW, I agree with Cherie -- they are heading for an implosion.  I suspect any money you spend there will be gone with the wind once that happens, with no way to get your data or even membership lists back out.  I would strongly advise you to reconsider this move.

-Sean
http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com

[BJ]

I also got burned, so no thank you....and what happened to the Nov magazine? Not sure after 20 years I am going to renew. What is happening to this once great bus magazine?now I feel lucky even to get a copy every once and a while.  drivermci

[oldmansax]

Sorry, Mike. Put me in the "not going either" column with the others. Ning is toast.... & I've already been burned a little.....

TOM

[gcyeaw]

Sorry I didn't research more before signing up. There seems to be no way to get out. I have no interest at all in social networks, the forum is fine with me.

[muldoonman]

I don't know about the website, but, I would be interested in that 1990 Lemorage for 0 bucks!

[luvrbus]

I am not going there

[muldoonman]

Your always the Gentleman, Cliff.

Take Care,
glen

[technomadia]

I already gave my warning in the other thread about Ning.

It should come as no surprise that I have absolutely no interest in investing a second of my time in participating in creating content on Ning. I sincerely feel that anything posted there is subject to going 'poof' at any moment, with no way to retrieve it.


Forum software, such as this, is readily available - reliable, stable, cost-effective and usually completely self hosted.  Perhaps I don't understand the desire to move off this platform and replace it with Ning?  Why mess with something that, to us the user, is working just fine?  Can you enlighten us to what the challenges are that you're trying to solve with this move?

- Cherie

[viento1]

The Ning model is creating some problems and it is no wonder...

[John316]

I am not going there

X2. I am not into the social networking either...Sorry Mike.

[Dreamscape]

I would agree with Ning, not a good choice. Been there done that with them for our TBR. It will fade into the sunset in the near future.

Paul

[James77MCI8]

Looks like The Board and the Magazine are on the skids. Hope this gets posted as my last post was deleted?

[Sean]

.... Hope this gets posted as my last post was deleted?

Do you mean this post:
http://www.busconversions.com/bbs/index.php?topic=22265.msg244698#msg244698
which is clearly still up?  Or was there a different one after that?  In my experience, it takes something way, way off base to get a post deleted here.  Even then, it is usually just a line or two edited out, or sometimes the post being moved to "off topic" if that was the issue.

-Sean
http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com

[rwc]

Ning nor Facebook will see me. Don't trust either. Will not expose my computer to them.