Senior Membership Guidelines

[I2500]

Jackson,

Regarding Question 1:"What does Senior Member status mean to you? "

It means you've been here a while, though in the Washington State boards those that post regularly are known.

Regarding Question 2: "Do we need Regular Member/Senior Member designations?"

I would prefer Moderated, Regular and Senior. There are a fair number of Regular members in the Seattle section that are posting good information that winds up being posted after some of the value has gone.

Regarding Question 3: "Are the criteria reasonable? Are they too restrictive? What would you modify? "

Yes it seems reasonable to have a standard to allow us to continue to have access to solid up-to-date information. Though I would really prefer not to have to change my login name (see below)

Regarding Question 4: "Is the review procedure reasonable? Is it too cumbersome? What would you modify?"

I like the review, if you can keep up with it!

+My question for you:

Will my login "I Twenty-Five Hundred" meet the requirements for Senior membership? Maybe some of the logins could be grandfathered in? Or should I request to have it changed now?

Keep up the good work!

Thanks,
i25

[J Wadd]

Wow, first one here.

O.k.: I spend most of WSG time in Brazil -- a fairly well-detailed section on this site. I've noticed a tendency over the last few years toward a heavy degradation of content (away from focus on sex). This may be an inevitability given that the scene down there is so well canvassed by the many excellent archived reports. People, in other words, want to talk about the place in some way -- so they fabricate discussions around the ancillary concerns of the commited sex-tourist (phone cards, hotels, transpo, etc.). Questions, in other words, that could be answered through the purchase of a travel guide.

So what is a senior member to do in this arena? Well, beyond the tight and detailed elucidation of a new scene, or an old scene done in a new way -- it has to be about education and advice. It has to be about improving the aforementioned scene by the elimnation of the Griswald-factor in new-or-early hobbyists. So in the end it comes down to preserving a good thing (for myself) by not spoiling the girls due to undereducated rookies. Dunno.

So the Senior-or-Regular Member question becomes a little blurry given the excess of information available in some of the sections on this site. If it's a question of, "What roles (generally) do each play?," senior members should be defined as those capable of providing wisdom for any given scene -- which of course comes from experience with that scene; and regular members should be defined as those less comfortable with the exact details and procedures.

So, then, in the end senior member have to be considered more valuable because they hold more info -- but much of that info's already been archived (and thus is only being repeated when it's delivered "anew").

It's funny -- I hobbied through about 30 countries before I even found this site. Hobbying was always sorta a no-brainer for me. It made sense and the rules were clear. I guess some people need a little more coaching.

Maybe this is the solution (and it in a predicts what might be the next forum discussion):

Synthesize excellent older reports into the beginning section of any given city/scene -- answering all of the classic questions for that scene -- and then let the day-to-day posting continue (as it has been). This will let the "regular" members hit the ground running and let senior members fine-tune the discussion around maximizing the dollar-to-ass ratio.

Jesus. Whatever. It all comes down to the point that most people are too lazy to read the archives (much less a tour-guide). Sorry I wrote so much and said so little.

Forgive me for this novel,
JWadd

[Ynot]

Jackson,

All of your reasoning seems sound for senior membership guidelines. To me, senior membership has always meant nothing more than being judged by you to be a trusted, contributing member of this forum. Hell, anyone can post to this forum as long as their original registration is accepted. Not being given senior status just means that your posts will not appear in real time. Big fat hairy deal! Life goes on. Anyone who wants to participate here needs to understand that it is a privilege, and that privilege can be taken away unilaterally by you. They need to understand that you have a life, and you can not spend all of your time dealing with their petty BS. If they don't like the rules, which are extremely fair and accomodating, then they can go try to find a better forum. Ain't gonna happen.

Thanks again for all the hard work that it takes to run this board and thanks for letting all members - senior and regular - have their voices be heard.

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