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Rules on the addition of new regional forums:
As forum members are often requesting regional forums for their area's, we have set out the following criteria that must be met. Please make sure that you have met the below criteria before 'formerly' asking for a forum to be made.
1) Active users. You need 20 (minimum) active users to have a forum created for that region.
2) They all need to come from the same country. Regional forums are created for users from a particular country/region, not because they all speak the same language. We've often had requests for a forum based on x amount of people all speaking the same language, but living in 10 different countries. This is not what regional forums are about. They are about discussing local events, meet ups, whats going on generally in ur region/country. This doesnt work if you all come from different countries.
3) Moderators. Moderators have the fun task of keeping the forum functioning, with sticky threads (like this one), behaviour moderating and all that. If you have a new forum, you will more than likely make a moderator. Please wait until your forum is flurishing with active threads and active posters before trying to decide on a moderator. In the past some members have tried to elect a mod before the forum is even made. To elect a mod, once the forum is up and running please make a thread, and all people who wish to be a mod nominates themselves. Once all the nominations have been registered, make a poll listing them all and leave it upto your forum gathering to decide a new mod. If none of the current mods can prove he/she would be an unwise candidate for the forum, they shall be granted modship.
I think thats about it, hopfully it'll clear up the unwritten (until now) on new forum and only have genuine, and prepared cases for new forums in here.
roll call we need 20 of peeps who actually live there. sadly i just visit for the summers now.
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