This could be a good idea, let me know what you think

[KempoGuy06]

On this site the Martials Arts are represented across the board. We have many people from every corner of the planet sharing their knowledge with us. This is an awsome thing and I wish to further promote this. I suggest a regional section to this forum.

It can be divided by by regions of the US (northeast, southeast ect.), Europe, S America etc. You get the idea. This will help to keep martial artists in that region in touch with others around them. Local Tournaments can be announced here, meet and greets or anything for that area.

Let me know what you guys think. I have seen this on other boards and it tends to work.

B

P.S.- If this already exsists or has been suggested then get rid of this thread and let me know. Thanks again

[terryl965]

I believe this is a great ideal, don't know if it has been mention or not but it has now.

[KempoGuy06]

Come on people i see that number of views. Let me know what you think.

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[Ceicei]

I think it can be a good idea. Perhaps 2-4 regions, not too many. If two regions, perhaps East and West. If four, could be North-West, South-West, North-East, and South-East. Each region could perhaps create their own "region nickname".

As far as exchange of information goes (like the forum), I don't think it is necessary. On the other hand, narrowing down by region may make it easier to have Event specific searches and opportunities to interact. It also may help make martial-arts research easier.

I see more pros than cons. Why not?

- Ceicei

[dianhsuhe]

Regions? A breakdown by style would make more sense in my opinion...What would the regional division in forums do?

The more the better I guess but with the Internet, regions, borders etc. seem less of a challenge--

[KempoGuy06]

Regions? A breakdown by style would make more sense in my opinion...What would the regional division in forums do?

The more the better I guess but with the Internet, regions, borders etc. seem less of a challenge--

There is a break down by style, well a general break down so to speak. But to break it down by each style would be a monumental task becasue of all the different styles. With a regional break it would enable members to locate other members around them easier. You could also have school listings, training parters and so forth for those regions listed in the respected section.

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[14 Kempo]

I guess it could be good, but how would that effect the sharing of information on the board as a whole? I would suspect that people may set it up as only regional specific information be shared in the regional board, but as you can see how these threads vary, information will eventually split in whole, so that a single technique may have multiple threads ... is this a good thing? I don't know, I guess I like seeing ALL posts for a single thread rather than for multiple threads. I don't know if I stated that correctly, hopefully you caught my drift.

[chinto01]

I like the regions idea but breaking it down by regions and then style may be a little cumbersome.

In the spirit of bushido!

Rob

[Xue Sheng]

On this site the Martials Arts are represented across the board. We have many people from every corner of the planet sharing their knowledge with us. This is an awsome thing and I wish to further promote this. I suggest a regional section to this forum.

It can be divided by by regions of the US (northeast, southeast ect.), Europe, S America etc. You get the idea. This will help to keep martial artists in that region in touch with others around them. Local Tournaments can be announced here, meet and greets or anything for that area.



Why, to what benefit?

And what are you dividing by region, Log into the South American martial arts forum, or the Japanese martial arts forum?

If that is the case wouldn't that take away from the exchange of ideas from various regions?

And it is possible that some do not want to be identified by a specific region.

[KempoGuy06]

Why, to what benefit?

And what are you dividing by region, Log into the South American martial arts forum, or the Japanese martial arts forum?

If that is the case wouldn't that take away from the exchange of ideas from various regions?

And it is possible that some do not want to be identified by a specific region.

Im not suggesting that we divide anything already on the board, im only suggesting that there be a section with sub sections for different regions.

This is not to take idea away from other regions on the board but to promote communication between members in the regions.

And as far as being "identified" with a specific region. I dont understande this comment, forgive my ignorance. The regions once again is only to promote communication between 'closer' neighbors, by closer i mean next state or 2 over, for example living in KY i am more likely to make the drive to a tournament or seminar in TN or Ohio, even Georgia than i am to CA, not say that i would never go to CA but they wouldnt be the first choice.

Im only suggesting it to get the people together to share ideas, have their own get togethers, share events. Thats sort of thing

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[Xue Sheng]

Im not suggesting that we divide anything already on the board, im only suggesting that there be a section with sub sections for different regions.

This is not to take idea away from other regions on the board but to promote communication between members in the regions.

I apparently do not understand what you are talking about here when you are saying "regional section" and being a "sub-section"

In what way would this be done?

For example would it be;

Chinese martial arts
- General
- Northern Styles
- Southern Styles
- Taijiquan
- Wing Chun
- CMA from around the web
- Regions
- USA - Various Regions
- China - various Regions
- Europe - Various regions

Or are you talking about a regional identifier in the profile or an individual on MT?


And as far as being "identified" with a specific region. I dont understande this comment, forgive my ignorance. The regions once again is only to promote communication between 'closer' neighbors, by closer i mean next state or 2 over, for example living in KY i am more likely to make the drive to a tournament or seminar in TN or Ohio, even Georgia than i am to CA, not say that i would never go to CA but they wouldnt be the first choice.

Im only suggesting it to get the people together to share ideas, have their own get togethers, share events. Thats sort of thing

B

Some people may not want it public as to where they are from, but as stated above I apparently do not understand what you are talking about when you say "regional section"

[JasonASmith]

I like it...
I wouldn't mind meeting up with some of the other crazies on this board...

[bluemtn]

I think it's a good idea. I never know what's going on in my region/ area, and especially after seeing some posters on here are a bit closer to where I live. So, the only question is: Am I north or south? I've seen W.Va. divided 2 different ways...

[IcemanSK]

I don't think it's a terrible idea, I just don't see the need. We're already divided up by art, & locale as it is. I don't see a purpose for it.

My .02

[michaeledward]

I think dividing the users and the information into smaller sections just dilutes the effectiveness of any database. I believe it is better to have one large forum, from which data can be narrowed down with a query.

I voted No.

[KempoGuy06]

I apparently do not understand what you are talking about here when you are saying "regional section" and being a "sub-section"

In what way would this be done?

For example would it be;

Chinese martial arts
- General
- Northern Styles
- Southern Styles
- Taijiquan
- Wing Chun
- CMA from around the web
- Regions
- USA - Various Regions
- China - various Regions
- Europe - Various regions

Or are you talking about a regional identifier in the profile or an individual on MT?



Some people may not want it public as to where they are from, but as stated above I apparently do not understand what you are talking about when you say "regional section"

I will explain Xue Sheng. The "regional section" i am talking about is like the other sections we have on MT (ex: Arts, The Armory, Kempo/Kenpo, CMA, FMA, JMA etc). Does this make sense?

The sub sections would be list as things like USA, Canada, S America, Europe etc.

You can even go furter and break them down into groups. Ex. USA (Northeast, southeast, midwest, pacific etc.)

As for you concerns about people not wanting it to be known, it would only be known if they choose to identify themselves with that specific region (or whatever you want to call it) and post in the respective forum.

I hope this helps, if you are still at a loss please ask and i will do my best to explain further.

B

PS-If you have any suggestion let me know and i will add them to the beggining post

[Xue Sheng]

That makes sense and thanks for the explanation, but based on your explanation I find I agree with Iceman and Mike on this one.

And being an ex-web guy I can see this as being nothing but a massive headache for Bob and MT.

It is a good idea but I do not see the need for it.

[Lisa]

more areas to cover and moderate?.....:eek:, Say it isn't so!

The whole idea of forum is to share and we have more then enough subsections and subforums to cover the "arts" and further dividing them into small subsections on region doesn't seem to serve a purpose. If you want to know what is going on in your area, start a thread in your "art"section on "what is coming up in southwest US" and add update it and allow others to do so as well.

I honestly don't think it is something that needs a section of its own.

[donna]

I think dividing the users and the information into smaller sections just dilutes the effectiveness of any database. I believe it is better to have one large forum, from which data can be narrowed down with a query.

I voted No.
I agree.

[KempoGuy06]

more areas to cover and moderate?.....:eek:, Say it isn't so!

The whole idea of forum is to share and we have more then enough subsections and subforums to cover the "arts" and further dividing them into small subsections on region doesn't seem to serve a purpose. If you want to know what is going on in your area, start a thread in your "art"section on "what is coming up in southwest US" and add update it and allow others to do so as well.

I honestly don't think it is something that needs a section of its own.

I would be more than willing to offer my services to moderate if this was to become a section on the forum.

Thanks for the input. Maybe your suggestion is a better way to go. Like i said i have seen it done on other boards with great success and thought i woudl get some opinions, no harm done.

B

[Kacey]

One of the things I like about this board is that things are not separated regionally, because there are too many divisions of that sort already. If I want to find events in my area, I will find them - no matter how they are
listed. I can think of other ways to make it clear where an event is - asking people to put a state/province/country (as appropriate) in the thread title would do it nicely.

I like talking to people from all over without regard to where they are - I would not want to lose that because people are talking to people in their own region. There are TKD practitioners all over the world, and I enjoy getting multiple viewpoints; if I want to talk to people only in my region, I have other ways to contact them. I voted no.

[RevIV]

I have to vote no. My time on here are the late nights as i wind down. I do not want to have to search out Kempo in other regions. I like communicating with everyone in my Kempo family in the one section.
In Peace,
Jesse
ps- you can look at some other Martial forums that have made a point to divide into just one area and it does not get a lot of hits or comments.

[Infinite]

I am of two minds.

1) MT as it stands is very comcpact which encourages the search feature. This stops me getting the dreaded,

This has been brought up before see" insert thread link' or the more terse, 'He's around do a search.'

I like this because half the time I'm running off the new posts window. I have to occasionlly check where the thread is origionated from. We have a lot of cross links that make the whole setup seem in intergrated.

I would like the addition of announcement sections by aera.

I always see "So and So at such dojo <date/date>"

No idea if I can go there or if its close. At least if I saw it was the "cali" thread I may have a shot at it.

Of course I say this but the meet of MT in bufallo seems to still be being announced on the front page ;)

[Carol]

I don't particualrly like it. To divide up the board in to regions that are driving-distance size would mean a lot of subdividing.

Plus, we have a way of announcing our location in our profile.

People train in Martial Arts for different reasons. There may be some folks that don't want to reveal where they are from and may not be comfortable participating in a discussion that associates them with a sub-region of the country.

There is a thread on Kenpo talk right now that Bob posted on behalf of a non-member. The person in question has asked for Bob's help in finding a Kenpo school in Ohio. There were a few serious replies but the thread quicly dissolved in to my-region-is-great-but-your-region-sucks drivel.

Personally I don't think it's out of bounds for someone in, say, Georgia, to make a shout out and ask if there are any other MTers in (say) Georgia or Alabama. I don't really see a need for a forum.

But...that's just my opinion. $4 more and I can get coffee at Starbucks ;)

[Solidman82]

I like it! Or at least have some sticky threads about where you're from in meet and greet or something. I'd like to hear what an admin has to say about it though.http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

[KempoGuy06]

I like it! Or at least have some sticky threads about where you're from in meet and greet or something. I'd like to hear what an admin has to say about it though.http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

This idea could work as well.

B

[Slippery_Pete]

I think it is a good idea. You could communicate more effectively about local tournaments and seminars that people could actually visit. By making an easy one-stop reference point, the information would be readily available.

[pstarr]

It would be nice to know who and what is within my region but I enjoy talking to everyone, across the country (or the world, for that matter).

[Mariachi Joe]

I live in Utah, if we breakup into regions it will get kind of lonelly in my neck of the woods.

[searcher]

It should be at the least put in on a trial basis. JMHO.

[Phoenix44]

A regional section would help people find instructors locally.