Andy R wrote:
OTDE is going to remain closed until we can convert to new forum software. The reason is the reporting and communication tools are not available now so when someone takes a below the belt shot, it's hard for our team to learn about it and deal with the issue before others start firing back. Before you know it you end up with little verbal wars going on and that's not inline with what the spirit of this site is all about.
OTDE was never intended to be an un-moderated free-for-all where anything goes. Please go re-read the rules that were posted in that forum by Doug, one of the co-founders of this community.
http://trawlerforum.activeboard.com/t13760805/please-read-this-first/
Once we are on new software the likely solution will be to have an Off Topic forum where we can talk about stuff not related to boating.* OTDE will be a sub-forum in that section specifically for certain "hot" topics like politics, religion, etc.* By separating the hot topics and tucking them deeper into a subforum we hope less people will wander in there (or get sucked in) on accident.
Please be patient while we work on the software conversion process.* Once we are live on the new software AND settled we can then address OTDE.* For now, lets talk about boating which is the primary focus of this community.
Thanks for understanding!
-- Edited by Andy R on Thursday 8th of March 2012 12:49:37 PM
-- Edited by Andy R on Thursday 8th of March 2012 12:50:11 PM