Hi folks, I posted this once, but probably to the wrong topic.
As Chris has stated, there is already a forum for the Formula 500 community set up and running at www.eformulacarnews.com. I pay a full-time moderator and we support F500 more than any other motorsports media source in the world. If we need to adjust our F500 forum to include different headings and sub-sections etc, that's fine with me. I can also give anyone you see fit moderator status for the F500 forum alone. That stated, anything I read of starting a separate forum really upsets me. If you guys head off and start your own forum, you can kiss any of my support good-bye. I bust my ass running a business to support formula car racing, I attend events, and I pay money out of my own pocket to pay my staff to publicize this sport. The existing forums out there (Spec Miata / Apexspeed) are done by enthusiasts and they serve a purpose, and that's great, but we are the ones who cover the events, spend time on the road away from out families covering racing and work our asses off to produce a publication. Our website relies on traffic (ie. views) to sell advertising and we need forum traffic to supply our advertisers with the value they are looking for. We need the support of the F500 community. To be honest, FormulaCar Magazine and eformulacarnews.com have made very little money yet....it's going to have to change soon. Take care, Rob Howden Publisher / Editor-in-Chief - eKartingNews.com - eKartingNews.ca - eFormulaCarNews.com - FormulaCar Magazine Ph: 519-624-2003 Fax: 519-624-0053 P.O. Box 580 Cambridge, Ontario Canada N1R 5W1 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Reinhardt Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [F500] Forum vs Mailing List Guys, isn't there already a F500 forum on Formula Car Mag website? CR Stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Has anyone thought to ask the ApexSpeed guys if they would offer an F500 section? They recently added an FM section, so they aren't exactly fixated on any one class. You would have the benefit of being able to track the on-going issues in other like-minded classes while non-F500 guys could see that you are a thriving community struggling with the same issues and are they. If everybody throws in a $10 annual donation the financials would covered and no one from here would have to go through the steep learning curve to get a forum up and running. Just a thought. Stan edward capullo wrote: I for one would prefer the forum setup to free my mailing list. I will come back from a weekend away and find as many as 80 or more messages. My natural curiosity prevents me from just automatically deleting any except obvious junk items so I lose a lot of time reading the emails. I prefer the nice setup that Apex Speed and Sports Racing have where their forums are organized by categories. For example on the sports racer site you have separate groupings for technical, driving, aerodynamics etc. I don't know what it costs to run such a forum format but I am a $$ contributor to the Apexspeed site and would entertain contributing to a F500 site if it was on the forum format. I certainlyu agree that it would be easier for new people to call up such a site without having to rely on email type operations as they do now. Capt E. --------------------------------- Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. --------------------------------- Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
