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It is more work to split it but once split it should hopefully be better and the turnover of the pages would be slower as currently they move too fast.


I forgot to say there would also be a Lost and Found cats section too. Perhaps not, I guess they would go in the wanted section.

Debating chamber may scare people off. I reckon it should be a place for grown up discussion rather than specifically for formal debate though I hope much occurs.


Any good suggestions, I always liked the drawing room, though that might be a bit stuffy too.

I think that's an option for another section GSJ57, but it could be a good idea but Camberwell and Nunhead both have their own forums and we shouldn't take away from them.


So the purpose of the new section/room is for people to discuss general, non East Dulwich specific, issues and not a place for games and silliness. Some will call it boring and so they can stay away, some will try to inject their stupid opinion and then cry foul when they get told off but they should be used to that. Trouble makers will simply be banned from the section at the Chairman's discretion.


Name ideas so far:

Drawing room

Debating room

Back Bar

Non-East Dulwich issues

Discussion Debate


All sensible ideas warmly accepted

Debating room won't be policeable IMO and sometimes the irreverant posts on a worthy thread work fine too although occasionally kill it. And if it does get policed properly irreverant posts - some of which are very funny - will tend to go so we'll be left with valuable information and worthy debates only with less spontanity (good and crap), a pity I think but many probably wont........I don't think the EDF is broke NO TINKERING

I'm not so sure quids. I think it'll be good to have an area where the anything goes mentality is gone. That doesn't mean comment can't be light hearted or witty especially if it helps diffuse tension, but it must be at the least relevant.


With the levels of traffic it will still depend on he user community to police it and report unwanted posts, but it needent be dull and worthy, but serve two purposes of allowing conversation without malicious disruption plus a place to have 'serious' perhaps local issues that aren't ED specific.


I think it'll also allow good threads to remain visible rather than sink beneath the weight of word games and err lighthearted threads.

Mark Wrote:

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> Probably just appointed, someone has already

> expressed an interest (in fact they suggested the

> serious room a while back when the Lounge became

> predominantly silly for a period). Don't worry,

> they're good and fair.



May I ask then, that the chair (when appointed), be named. It is not the same role as moderator, and I think it's only fair for people to know who their chair is.


I didn't realise people could put their names forward, but I think I'd be interested too. Perhaps, it should change regularly. I know it's a different thing, but when I have been part of a group that has met regularly, and kept the same chair for ages, it became stale, and turned to the chair's agenda. I think it's nice to shake things up occasionally with new blood.

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