08-17-2022, 08:40 AM
Richard is spot on. in order for there to be content to be shared, there has to be content. it is great to see that we have newer and newer coach owners contributing and that is the only way we will have enough technical content to share.
i have added two subforums to start to make it a little easier. in the forum about slides, i created a subforum called Valid. and in the forum about suspension i created a subforum called ZF Suspension. as other categories make sense i can create them as well.
i am not trying to compete with the facebook forums. i think there are several of them. they serve their own social purpose. i do not frequent them very often.
i will say that in my visit to miami this summer that the service advisors were very thankful and complimentary of the role that newellgurus plays in helping them. i visit with karl blade once in a while and he is happy with how we are helping as well.
i am also grateful for the gurus who are involved with moderating and helping with the forum. not many of us, but without them scott and i would not have been able to do it on our own.
i have never asked for funding for the forum or added the capability of having ads generate a little bit of revenue. nor will i. i have self funded it since it started in 2012 in hosting and domain names (we have a number of newellguru name variations covered). i have been approached several times to sell the forum to a much larger and more sophisticated multiforum owner who would monetize gurus. i have not been tempted nor are i planning on doing so. monetizing it means ads. and lots of them. when people ask to contribute i politely and thankfully decline. i do not want any contributions and i will not accept them.
so when people need answers to a problem.......the only way you will find them on newellgurus is if we solve them together by group participation or if you have figured out the answer on your own to post your solutions for others to learn from.
a few other comments. the moderators and i will moderate ONLY when things get foul in any way or nasty in any way. or if there is an occasional spammer that gets through (have had only a few spammers in 10 years). in those rare circumstances we will close the thread and or delete the post. no cussing in any way (and i think we are one of the cleanest G rated forums ever!). the few times one has slipped in you will see one of us moderate the word to something more tame....ha
the friends that darlene and i have made from creating and keeping newellgurus going have been beyond any dream we had when we started it in 2012. friends helping friends is what darlene came up with and it couldnt be more true.
so in a nutshell....thanks to all of you for your past and i hope future contributions of content and friendship to newellgurus.
any of you have a place to stay and hook up at our place in arizona if you ever go through.
and btw, the scott that richard referred to is our son scott. who does all the real server kinda of stuff and set it up originally (i did the formatting so you can blame me for that). in 2012 was a single young guy just out of college with an EE degree and now is a Major in the USAF with a beautiful wife and 2 incredible young children (our number 3 and 4 grandkids.)
enough of me rambling on, but i wanted to chime in on what richard said with thoughts that have been on my mind for some time
tom mccloud
[email protected]
i have added two subforums to start to make it a little easier. in the forum about slides, i created a subforum called Valid. and in the forum about suspension i created a subforum called ZF Suspension. as other categories make sense i can create them as well.
i am not trying to compete with the facebook forums. i think there are several of them. they serve their own social purpose. i do not frequent them very often.
i will say that in my visit to miami this summer that the service advisors were very thankful and complimentary of the role that newellgurus plays in helping them. i visit with karl blade once in a while and he is happy with how we are helping as well.
i am also grateful for the gurus who are involved with moderating and helping with the forum. not many of us, but without them scott and i would not have been able to do it on our own.
i have never asked for funding for the forum or added the capability of having ads generate a little bit of revenue. nor will i. i have self funded it since it started in 2012 in hosting and domain names (we have a number of newellguru name variations covered). i have been approached several times to sell the forum to a much larger and more sophisticated multiforum owner who would monetize gurus. i have not been tempted nor are i planning on doing so. monetizing it means ads. and lots of them. when people ask to contribute i politely and thankfully decline. i do not want any contributions and i will not accept them.
so when people need answers to a problem.......the only way you will find them on newellgurus is if we solve them together by group participation or if you have figured out the answer on your own to post your solutions for others to learn from.
a few other comments. the moderators and i will moderate ONLY when things get foul in any way or nasty in any way. or if there is an occasional spammer that gets through (have had only a few spammers in 10 years). in those rare circumstances we will close the thread and or delete the post. no cussing in any way (and i think we are one of the cleanest G rated forums ever!). the few times one has slipped in you will see one of us moderate the word to something more tame....ha
the friends that darlene and i have made from creating and keeping newellgurus going have been beyond any dream we had when we started it in 2012. friends helping friends is what darlene came up with and it couldnt be more true.
so in a nutshell....thanks to all of you for your past and i hope future contributions of content and friendship to newellgurus.
any of you have a place to stay and hook up at our place in arizona if you ever go through.
and btw, the scott that richard referred to is our son scott. who does all the real server kinda of stuff and set it up originally (i did the formatting so you can blame me for that). in 2012 was a single young guy just out of college with an EE degree and now is a Major in the USAF with a beautiful wife and 2 incredible young children (our number 3 and 4 grandkids.)
enough of me rambling on, but i wanted to chime in on what richard said with thoughts that have been on my mind for some time
tom mccloud
[email protected]
2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608 Series 60 DDEC4/Allison World 6 Speed HD4000MH