Is this something that maybe is worth considering

I'm reposting this. I got all nervous after I first put it on here, but then I got a pm, so have decided to plunge in....

Please don't hit me!!!
This thought has come to me after reading the studio updates thread.
I have always affectionately referred to this board as the *save our sanity* one, even though I'm aware of what the sos meant at the time.
Perhaps we can overhaul it to reflect more of our musical interests, not just Darren, eg have pics of Blue, Placebo etc as well as Darren and perhaps change the name Darren Hayes SOS for something else, possibly just the SOS board. To be truthful Darren Hayes is not what brings me to this site, you all are!
I don't want you all to think I don't appreciate all the hard work that's gone into this site and yes I love the Darren background but I'm just thinking out loud atm.
Prepares to duck the flying objects

I think it's time for a radical overhaul too, Barb. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I'm like you in that it's not DH that brings me here - it's you guys. It's more of a friendship board than a fan board, imo. [img]smile.gif[/img]

If Janie, Jen and Michelle would like to discuss this with me, we'll go about changing the board style for a more neutral one. I'm not discounting that Krissy is chief mod but as she's never here, I'm sure she won't mind. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Hey, give me Johnny Depp or Brian Molko pics and I'm happy [img]wink.gif[/img]

xxSam

As I said in PM, I think thats a good idea [img]cool.gif[/img] I dont come to this board for DH (although I still love him to pieces! hehe) I come here for you lot, coz I happen to be rather fond of ya all [img]tongue.gif[/img] The only thing I wonder is, is it possible to change the name of the board? Coz I think I remember once one of us looked in to it and whoever it was told me it wasnt possible? (ofcourse I could be completely imagining all of that LOL) Anyways, if I neutral board is what ya all want then its all good with me [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]

<font color="#9966FF" size="1">[ October 07, 2003 11:33 AM: Message edited by: Jen ]</font>

That's 3 of us for it then. [img]smile.gif[/img] There's no point waiting for Krissy to say 'yay' or 'nay' cos I haven't see hide nor hair of her for ages. If either of you 2 see Michelle out of lurkdom, perhaps you'll let her know what we're doing. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I'll contact Admin to see if they can put this board in another category other than music and then we'll set about changing the style (background and board title header etc). I'm more than happy for one of you other mods to make a decision re the new style but if you want me to do it again, I've got 100's of backgrounds on my hard drive and I can also whip up another board title graphic PDQ. [img]wink.gif[/img]

<font color="#9966FF" size="1">[ October 07, 2003 01:27 PM: Message edited by: Twizzle ]</font>

I'm here now and I agree with all of it except the name change, although I realise I'm outnumbered [img]smile.gif[/img] I like the SOS as it's easy to remember *knows that's a lame reason*

Err, that's all I've got to say for now [img]smile.gif[/img]

Michelle

xx

I agree that we should keep it as 'The SOS Board' but lose the 'Darren Hayes' bit. That way, it sounds (and will be) a totally neutral board. [img]smile.gif[/img]

i agree with u Barb. also...terry, is there any specific reason why the text is so big and bulky? it makes messages quite difficult to read as everythin gets squashed into frames. maybe it's just my eyes, but im workin on a massive screen so lol....

It might be b/c your browser doesn't support this font (tempus sans), Alex. It's something that we'll look into when we do our makeover. [img]wink.gif[/img] Try and bear with it until then, ok? [img]smile.gif[/img]

Laurence Llewellyn Bowen - eat your heart out! [img]tongue.gif[/img] LOL

I know I don't post on here often so don't feel I count for making an input but I think it's a good idea to go ahead with a more generally themed board. I would still come here, it's great.

Joyce

xx

A change is as good as a rest they say!!

Will be needing these two smilies if Terry posts tons of Dunc.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...94/lovedup.gif

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/116194/drool.gif

Well me too, i dont think i am here enough to put in an input to this so whatever you gals think is fine with me!

[img]smile.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Twizzle:
I agree that we should keep it as 'The SOS Board' but lose the 'Darren Hayes' bit. That way, it sounds (and will be) a totally neutral board. [img]smile.gif[/img]

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<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I definitely wanted to retain 'The SOS Board' part like Terry said above.

Thanks everyone for responding, no longer feel so nervous now.

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Originally posted by Twizzle:

I'll contact Admin to see if they can put this board in another category other than music and then we'll set about changing the style (background and board title header etc). I'm more than happy for one of you other mods to make a decision re the new style but if you want me to do it again, I've got 100's of backgrounds on my hard drive and I can also whip up another board title graphic PDQ.

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<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Terry, I am hopeless with colour co-ordinating and making a forum look pretty lol so I am fine with you, or Janie or Michelle doing it [img]smile.gif[/img] But I am more than happy to help you out if ya need it [img]wink.gif[/img] Just let me know if you want me to do something [img]smile.gif[/img]

Oh yep and I also agree with keeping the 'SOS' bit! [img]smile.gif[/img]

I regard this board as a Friendship board first and foremost and a place where I can hang out with you guys [img]smile.gif[/img] I think this place has long been just a general discussion board anyway cos of the diversity of topics posted here [img]smile.gif[/img]

If the general consensus is that you would like a more general themed board, then I'm more than happy to go along with that [img]smile.gif[/img]

Janie xx

I am in complete agreement with everyone here about keeping the title of this board as the SOS because I think to rename it would just confuse other people who already know this board by it's name who drop by occasionally. We can just drop the Darren Hayes bit to reflect a more general discussion forum and do the necessary decorating [img]smile.gif[/img]

Janie xx

in complete agreement with the change and too keep the name SOS

Sounds like a awesome idea to me.. because its the people that bring me to this board too..


Kat

<font color="#9966FF" size="1">[ October 08, 2003 10:27 AM: Message edited by: Kattitude ]</font>

[img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] Rawk on! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]