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Originally Posted by Mike K.
10 individuals is not a majority, and of those 10 some were not clear whether or not they wouldn't want to see a change or whether or not they simply didn't like the thought of change. Others still liked the SSP:Local concept but pointed out C2E in Edmonton, which is something similar. Someone else even pointed out that C2E was a product of SSP's success in attracting EDM forumers and which was born out of SSP's lack of urban-themed discussion potential. So during that discussion when I presented a format to support urban discussions to help keep those people around, the same forumers were unhappy that it was being presented (not sure what to make of that). So I'm getting the sense that it's not SSP:Local format people dislike, it's the process of getting used to it and changing their routines that's the real problem.
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You must be reading a different discussion. Of all the people who made responses about the SSP Local concept, only 2 forumers have supported it (Xelebes and Itom). All the rest of the respondents have indicated that they oppose any such change, including all of the Calgary forumers except for freeweed, who has said he would only give support on the condition that there would be software available for "user-defined thread/forum grouping." A few of the Edmonton forumers have said that they like the
concept of a local forum, but that SSP is
not the place for it, that is what C2E is for. Again, many of the Calgary forumers have expressed that this is not something they want to see changed and have provided reasons, they consider the Western Provinces rearrangement to have been a dumb move, and the underlying sentiment is that a local format would hurt the Calgary forum rather than help it.
If such a change ended up killing the Calgary section, and our construction thread, I would very strongly consider abandoning any further updates here and setting them up on CUI site, since the infrastructure is already in place for such a move. We have only made the choice to continue maintaining the development inventory here since the community is very strong.
Not coincidentally, many of the top Calgary posters on here are CUI members...