Would be interesting to know how many active members there are though.
Thats great news But also agree with Bob, I bet it's nearer 10% of that 1500
A member is considered 'active' if they have visited the board within the number of days specified, which is set to 30 days ..
People visit the Forum for all sorts of reasons. Having run forums for many years, Jim knows and accepts that, and so should we all.
There are many of us who enjoy the friendship, the banter and the knowledge sharing. There are others who like to show off their work to a wider audience - (and why not?) There are plenty who visit the forum regularly and gain from it what they want to gain, but don't necessarily feel empowered or motivated to contribute - and again, why not? And of course there will be many who have dropped be the wayside along the journey.
I know better than most, because a great many members here, who don't necessarily post that often, if at all, are my customers. We all gain from the forum what we want to gain, and it's there for all of us, no matter what we want from it.
It may surprise you that in the last 30 days, upwards of 250 members have logged in and visited, not including those who have visited without logging in, not including guests who are not registered, and not including search engine spiders. We should all be very pleased with that I think. Penturners.co.uk is a wonderful knowledge base, resource and centre of friendship, thanks to Jim's foresight a few years ago and thanks to its members. Other online resources exist these days of course, the main newcomer to the social media scene being Facebook, but groups there boast a membership of maybe 300, with an active posting membership of perhaps 20 to 30 at most. They are unable to archive in the same way as this Forum, they are unable to enter into discussion in the same way, unable to draw in such a depth of skill and knowledge, and are very much a resource for today, not particularly a source of knowledge or inspiration for tomorrow.
I don't believe we should be upset that 250 out of 1500 have visited in the last month - quite the opposite, we should be celebrating. Next month it will be perhaps a few more, perhaps a few less, and not necessarily the same people. But visit we do, and as a consequence our craft continues to grow, and we, the individuals involved, continue to grow with it.
Here's to us all.:bravo:
