Backup gathering should this place go poof

[falken]

waste,

I'll address these items:
1) I do need to change the headings away from Ben's work, that is something i'm in the process of working on. He in no way holds a copyright for a pool discussion forum, nor or the sections original work, except for his subcomments under the forum titles.

2) While I was trying to avoid making this comment, I will go ahead and make it known. I am network admin and security for the local DSL provider, so i'm use to dealing with hackers... great.. here they come!

3) I'm not trying to take anyone away from Ben or what they may have paid for. I will *not* charge one cent for any type of registration, nor will I place a single ad on the site for any reason. I have no interest in making money, and my costs are slim to none considering my line of work.

4) Just as google/yahoo/every other search engine out there can crawl the site and cache all work in a searchable form, I would have the same right. That being said, I have no intention of doing so unless this site goes belly up and enough of the members request it. I would then remove someones posts upon request (more than google will do for you)

All of that being said, if Ben asks me to stop, chances are I will. If Ben would like me to take over the site and make him a full administrator I also have no problem with that at all!

My system is backed up nightly, and monthly a copy is taken off-site. I assume the last thing Ben has time for is system maintenance.

[falken]

CarlD,

I agree 100% with everything you said.

I copied the organization because I wanted to preserve what was here. The interest in it is more than I expected, it needs changed around some, and it will be soon.

As I said, you will see no request for money and no ads for any product anywhere on my site, and I will not permit anyone pushing a product or service on the forums either.

If someone wants to stay just here, great. If someone wants to wander over to help newbies until and unless Ben reopens registration, that is great too.

I hope Ben comes back and accepts my offer to run the primary site, he is welcome to full admin rights. If he doesn't have to mess with the technical aspect he may even have more time to share his knowledge.

There's no reason any cannot open a pool site anywhere anytime.

But....

I would forget about porting over posts from PoolForum. You are asking for trouble. But don't worry, if PoolForum goes down and people move over there, very similar information will very quickly appear.

I also would change things to be organized as YOU want them, not a Ben wants them. Its look should reflect you, not Ben. Forums and how they are grouped should reflect what works for you. Not that there's anything wrong with it here, but if you have forum rarely used, then roll it into another. You can always open it again. I would also drop ALL references to PoolForum.com so it doesn't look like you are "skimming" members.

I learned what I know here, from Ben et al, so this is my preferred place to be. If it dies, somehow, that's another story.

It's also very flattering that you are offering us moderators the opportunity to moderate for you as well. But, for now, I must decline your generous offer. As long as PoolForum is running, I'm here. And, if the situation here changes, you may already have all the mods you need.

Other pool sites have posted their address here from time to time, but they are usually connected to a product or a business. And, unless they follow the rules, they then get banned. I don't what that to happen to you since you are building a backup site.

[Poolsean]

Wow...I hardly come down this far to read the topics. Falken, I think it's a great idea what you've done and are willing to contribute so much effort into doing this. As waste has done, I too give you complete authority and permission to use any posts I have contributed to this site, for your site. I will add yours to my Favorites listings.

Ben, Prayers are with you man! Let us know how we can help.

[gunkel04]

Back before the old board crashed, and when I was building my pool, there was a builder on here (I believe he was a moderator as well), from atlantis pool company, and I belive his name was Kelly. He provided many of us with a great deal of help and I don't believe he has joined back up. If either of the "new" boards work out, maybe a quick email to him would be worth while..

Greg


Edit: A quick google search turned up his site: http://www.atlantispoolco.com/

[waste]

In hopes that this will 'fluff' the thread: for a week now I've been unable to access the 'pooltalk' site... what gives??? I've had a little computer trouble of late, but all my other sites are there.

Is anyone else having difficulty reaching www.pooltalk.info or is it just me?

[chem geek]

It's not just you. I've been getting "Database Error" with some other info for a few days at least.

[NWMNMom]

I don't bother anymore - I stick with this one and TFP, kind of the "home away from home" site for me.

[Watermom]

I hadn't tried to access the pooltalk site for a long time, but when I did a few minutes ago, it worked just fine. Maybe he was just doing some site maintenance or something.