[Chris Nickinson]

Joe Lanzalotto, on 28 February 2013 10:59 AM, said:

I'm here too!

Welcome to the third member of the Track Talk Tribunal! (ok that sounds little overbearing but the alliteration is nice )

[Dave Ross]

My new user name and account is Dave Ross. Can we add a "shoe review" header to the Training and Equipment forum ? I think that people will see the "spikes" header and assume that it only applies to spikes.

[Chris Nickinson]

Everybody make sure you get yourself a cool avatar to make yourself stand out!

[Chris Nickinson]

Dave Ross, on 28 February 2013 11:48 AM, said:

My new user name and account is Dave Ross. Can we add a "shoe review" header to the Training and Equipment forum ? I think that people will see the "spikes" header and assume that it only applies to spikes.

Spikes was the historical name on the old DyeStat board. We'll see how people react to it before we change it.

[watchout]

Glad to see the ol' forum back!!

[ttfca]

My name's Stuart Kantor from Texas, and I'm glad to be here, as well.

[Scott Bush]

Hey, everyone! Scott Bush from Portland just checking in. Can't wait to get started.

[Chris Nickinson]

ttfca, on 28 February 2013 06:22 PM, said:

My name's Stuart Kantor from Texas, and I'm glad to be here, as well.

Scott Bush, on 01 March 2013 08:55 AM, said:

Hey, everyone! Scott Bush from Portland just checking in. Can't wait to get started.

Get to work, guys

[ross]

Dave Ross, on 28 February 2013 10:21 AM, said:

Dave Ross here. Ready to get rolling.

Ok Dave, you should be all set!

[ross]

Scott Bush, on 01 March 2013 08:55 AM, said:

Hey, everyone! Scott Bush from Portland just checking in. Can't wait to get started.

Ok Scott, you are all set as the college and elite captain.

[ross]

ttfca, on 28 February 2013 06:22 PM, said:

My name's Stuart Kantor from Texas, and I'm glad to be here, as well.

Stuart, you are all set as the Texas Captain.

[dkap]

Just now got my first notification of a new reply to this thread, so I assume the email notifications bug is fixed? (Could update that bug report, if so.)

Dan

[ross]

Donal Pearce, on 28 February 2013 09:23 AM, said:

Ready, willing, & able, Mabel!

Ok Donal, I got your title in. It's a little long... DyeStatCAL Video/Photo Coverage Lead

[ross]

dkap, on 02 March 2013 10:56 AM, said:

Just now got my first notification of a new reply to this thread, so I assume the email notifications bug is fixed? (Could update that bug report, if so.)

Dan

It's a different part of the system, so it's not fixed. Some email notifications work while others don't.

[Scott Joerger]

Chris Nickinson, on 28 February 2013 11:56 AM, said:

Everybody make sure you get yourself a cool avatar to make yourself stand out!

I really can't imagine how I could make mine cooler...

[ross]

The_ROCK, on 28 February 2013 08:57 AM, said:

Bob Geiger here. Glad to be here.

Ok Bob, you are all set. Illinois Forum Captain

[ross]

watchout, on 28 February 2013 06:14 PM, said:

Glad to see the ol' forum back!!

Ok Rob, you are good to go. XC Rankings Captain

[Adam Schneider]

Chris Nickinson, on 27 February 2013 08:17 AM, said:

Daily
- HAVE FUN
- Post regularly.
- Engage other users on the forum with thoughtful discussion. Answer questions, ask questions; create interesting topics, encourage others to create topics by joining in conversations. Don't dominate the forum/discussions. Being the cool kid on the street doesn't mean you have to shout over everybody.
- Only post relevant news threads in your forum. IE - Doesn't mean you can't discuss Edward Cheserek out in California but do it in a way that would be interesting to some kid in Sacramento.
- Monitor assigned forums for signs of foul play, misuse of forum, posting in wrong forums, etc. We'll allow freedom of speech so long as it's not abusive, spam, or illegal (Porn, links to phishing sites, etc).
- Alert Mods of threads/posts that need to be
A - moved to an appropriate forum
B - Merged with perviously existing threads (Example - We don't need 10 NXN prediction threads)
C - Deletion for violation of forum rules.
- Expect that some silly threads will end up in state or region forums. That will happen. Posters should be encouraged to post non-running related threads in The Playground but sometimes they can be appropriate for other forums (Really Ridiculously Good Looking Runners thread was in Illinois, but it was mostly Illinois kids talking about fast kids.)
- Alert Mods of users that might need to be banned for violation of forum rules. Will need to provide examples of abuse before a user is banned.
- DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GET INVOLVED IN OTHER FORUMS. We don't want to create a walled in community where users never venture out to other areas. Feel free to get involved in discussions in other regions. Sharing of ideas makes everyone better.


Weekly
-If you a captain of a specific state or region, submit your top marks every week via creating a forum post each Sunday. SteveU will select the top marks to be nominated for the DyeStat Performer of the Week poll.
-Got something really cool to share? Check to see if it already made one of the national boards and if not post about it.
-We will be automatically posting the best 20 or so high school results from around the country into the state / region boards, so you don't' have to worry about posting those, if we missed one, you can add it yourself. Just keep in mind that the number of meet results will fluctuate depending on the time of year but you shouldn't have more than 5 or 6 results threads created every week (with the auto posted and your additions combined). They should be meets with large percentages of elite marks. We don't want to flood forums with results threads so be choosey. Then comment on each results thread with the top marks from the meet. Using the TFX standards is a good place to start for that.
-Posting hot news should be treated similarly to the results.


Miscellaneous
- Expect The Playground to be a silly place.
- Be excited that you're involved in the site. Let others know that you're doing something cool.
- Encourage others to visit the site, use the site and get involved.
- Share DyeStat content on your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. The easiest and cheapest way to spread the word about the site is for people using the site to share and discuss it.
- From time to time we'll have contests, Q&A sessions, polls, etc on the national boards. If you have an idea feel free to share with Chris.
- Help site editors stay on top of top stories, videos, photos, etc with regular updates.

[Adam Schneider]

I am ready to go

[Chris Nickinson]

Ads, on 04 March 2013 08:43 PM, said:

I am ready to go

Have at it, Adam!