Good Morning, Afternoon, or Evening ALL.
I have noticed lately that there hasn’t been very much activity on the forum. Summertime has always been a slow time on the forum, for various reasons. I would love to accept the fact that all our members are either to busy working, or on vacation, or just not around or near a PC to log onto EO. BUT! Checking the – who’s online link, and seeing that last week alone 52 members, and 401 guests visited the site. In the past month 112 members, and 1523 guests visited the EO site, tells me that's not so. I didn’t get the actual number of threads posted or number of responses to posted questions, but we all can see that the activity has been very slow.
Here is a quote from a very dedicated and devoted member of our forum, and believe me! He knows what he is talking about:
<“Open Forum Comments
I love the freedom we have and I love the fact that we can speak our mind openly - even here on this forum as it pertains to our industry. There are three kinds of posters at EO:
a. Community Minded
My favorite kind of member. These people contribute with their comments, ideas and suggestions, they really offer a lot to the online community. The generally tell you like it is and are always willing to help anyone. Down right good neighbors!
b. One Hit Wonders
These folks have a simple question and want a simple answer. They make one or two posts and then they just "lurk" in the background, reading the post but not participating until they have another question. They don't generally offer help to anyone else, but that's ok.
c. Hot Flamers
These posters generally come armed and loaded! They are angry and frustrated that no one at their company could or would address their issues so they think that they will get some action by posting their grievance here in the public for everyone to see. Typically, these posters never participate on any other topic or offer anyone any help whatsoever. They are on a mission to vent.
We see them come and go and often wonder what became of their situation. Most of these posts may be factual, but the poster is often very distraught.”>
All of us are either A, B, or C. It would be great if we were all A, but then it would also be great if we all could get a 1000 mile run every day too.
A while back (about 5yrs) I had a problem while on the road, and most people tried taking advantage of this. Everyone that is, except for this 1 old timer. To make a long story short, he got me back up and running, for pennies compared to the others wanting hundreds, of dollars that is. I couldn’t thank him enough. He wouldn’t take any money, but we did share a conversation over a cup of Java. He did ask me to do one thing for him. At that point I expected, well lets just say some crazy thoughts started hopping into my head. Pops told me that the only way we can keep the knowledge and wisdom that we have, is by giving it away. He said by sharing with others also helps us learn. He said if I wanted to return the favor, to just help others. I do try, to return his favor everyday!!!
I know a lot of you don’t want to post because of the fear of what others will say. Most of you that have been around know that we, most of the members here at EO will not tolerate anyone bashing other members that are sincere and really needs help. Maybe you think your question is a dumb one. The fact is! the only dumb question is the one not ask. Remember back when you first got into expediting, and needed help. Now you can help others. Maybe you’re new to the site and/or the profession, and want help? If you don’t ask, we can’t help. So fire away! There is someone somewhere reading this forum, wanting to learn what this is all about.
When someone asks a question, many of us won’t reply, because (?). You may have the answer that person is looking for, so please help out a fellow expediter.
News of our profession is also a good thing to post.
Maybe a new D O T state law was past in your home 20 that we aren’t aware of. Passing it onto us is a very big help.
You may have found a nice place or did something exciting while on a layover that you can share with other members. Most of the members don’t enjoy hanging out at a truck stop and are always looking for new ideas of things to do, and places to go.
Maybe there are some things about the forum that you don’t like. Post that too, and we, Rich, Mark, Lawrence, and I will take a look at the complaint. You may have some ideas on improving the forum. Let us know that also.
If there is anything anyone can think of to ad to this about how to improve the activity of the forum, please feel free to reply to this thread and add it ASAP!
One more thing I want to add: If you aren't posting or replying because you think you don't have very good grammar or because your spelling is a little off, Please don’t allow that to stop you from helping another member, or from you asking for help yourself. There are a lot of us that aren’t English majors or can’t spell (KAT) or is that (CAT)!!!!! I spend more time reading Mr. Webster than I do typing the words when I post or reply. A typo is the best excuse of any, for a misspelled word. So don’t worry about anything. Start posting!!!
The EO format is to help others learn and know what expediting is all about. We are here to provide one another with information about expediting and everything revolved around expediting. What better way to get it? Or! Who better to provide that information than directly from the horse him or herself? Hearing things coming right from the horses mouth is what the EO forums is all about. Lets keep expediting alive, let’s keep sharing our information, thoughts, hopes, and dreams with one another. To post it on the EO forums is to post it to the world.
Thank you all for being members and guests of the EO forums.
I have noticed lately that there hasn’t been very much activity on the forum. Summertime has always been a slow time on the forum, for various reasons. I would love to accept the fact that all our members are either to busy working, or on vacation, or just not around or near a PC to log onto EO. BUT! Checking the – who’s online link, and seeing that last week alone 52 members, and 401 guests visited the site. In the past month 112 members, and 1523 guests visited the EO site, tells me that's not so. I didn’t get the actual number of threads posted or number of responses to posted questions, but we all can see that the activity has been very slow.
Here is a quote from a very dedicated and devoted member of our forum, and believe me! He knows what he is talking about:
<“Open Forum Comments
I love the freedom we have and I love the fact that we can speak our mind openly - even here on this forum as it pertains to our industry. There are three kinds of posters at EO:
a. Community Minded
My favorite kind of member. These people contribute with their comments, ideas and suggestions, they really offer a lot to the online community. The generally tell you like it is and are always willing to help anyone. Down right good neighbors!
b. One Hit Wonders
These folks have a simple question and want a simple answer. They make one or two posts and then they just "lurk" in the background, reading the post but not participating until they have another question. They don't generally offer help to anyone else, but that's ok.
c. Hot Flamers
These posters generally come armed and loaded! They are angry and frustrated that no one at their company could or would address their issues so they think that they will get some action by posting their grievance here in the public for everyone to see. Typically, these posters never participate on any other topic or offer anyone any help whatsoever. They are on a mission to vent.
We see them come and go and often wonder what became of their situation. Most of these posts may be factual, but the poster is often very distraught.”>
All of us are either A, B, or C. It would be great if we were all A, but then it would also be great if we all could get a 1000 mile run every day too.
A while back (about 5yrs) I had a problem while on the road, and most people tried taking advantage of this. Everyone that is, except for this 1 old timer. To make a long story short, he got me back up and running, for pennies compared to the others wanting hundreds, of dollars that is. I couldn’t thank him enough. He wouldn’t take any money, but we did share a conversation over a cup of Java. He did ask me to do one thing for him. At that point I expected, well lets just say some crazy thoughts started hopping into my head. Pops told me that the only way we can keep the knowledge and wisdom that we have, is by giving it away. He said by sharing with others also helps us learn. He said if I wanted to return the favor, to just help others. I do try, to return his favor everyday!!!
I know a lot of you don’t want to post because of the fear of what others will say. Most of you that have been around know that we, most of the members here at EO will not tolerate anyone bashing other members that are sincere and really needs help. Maybe you think your question is a dumb one. The fact is! the only dumb question is the one not ask. Remember back when you first got into expediting, and needed help. Now you can help others. Maybe you’re new to the site and/or the profession, and want help? If you don’t ask, we can’t help. So fire away! There is someone somewhere reading this forum, wanting to learn what this is all about.
When someone asks a question, many of us won’t reply, because (?). You may have the answer that person is looking for, so please help out a fellow expediter.
News of our profession is also a good thing to post.
Maybe a new D O T state law was past in your home 20 that we aren’t aware of. Passing it onto us is a very big help.
You may have found a nice place or did something exciting while on a layover that you can share with other members. Most of the members don’t enjoy hanging out at a truck stop and are always looking for new ideas of things to do, and places to go.
Maybe there are some things about the forum that you don’t like. Post that too, and we, Rich, Mark, Lawrence, and I will take a look at the complaint. You may have some ideas on improving the forum. Let us know that also.
If there is anything anyone can think of to ad to this about how to improve the activity of the forum, please feel free to reply to this thread and add it ASAP!
One more thing I want to add: If you aren't posting or replying because you think you don't have very good grammar or because your spelling is a little off, Please don’t allow that to stop you from helping another member, or from you asking for help yourself. There are a lot of us that aren’t English majors or can’t spell (KAT) or is that (CAT)!!!!! I spend more time reading Mr. Webster than I do typing the words when I post or reply. A typo is the best excuse of any, for a misspelled word. So don’t worry about anything. Start posting!!!
The EO format is to help others learn and know what expediting is all about. We are here to provide one another with information about expediting and everything revolved around expediting. What better way to get it? Or! Who better to provide that information than directly from the horse him or herself? Hearing things coming right from the horses mouth is what the EO forums is all about. Lets keep expediting alive, let’s keep sharing our information, thoughts, hopes, and dreams with one another. To post it on the EO forums is to post it to the world.
Thank you all for being members and guests of the EO forums.
