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Hi everyone. I'd like to start by thanking each and every one of you that have contributed to Noreast.com in general and to this board in particular. It is truly a pleasure to have you here.
Recently I have seen postings on one of our other boards relating Noreast.com to another internet site in a negative fashion... and I'd like to throw in my comments. This has stayed with me since it happened and so here goes:
I understand that it's seems almost natural to make some comparisons to other fishing forums that you might frequent, and I have no issues with that - hey this country was founded on the priciples of competition. But we do ask that you please refrain from such direct site-to-site comparisons in your posts and please do not bash either them or us here on Noreast.com.
Aside from such specious and very much selective comparisons, we welcome ALL conversation, even if it is in reference to a topic at another forum. Hey, some topics transcend a single site (such as recent fisheries management changes for example).
Our ownership here on Noreast has always permitted such conversation ? and even goes so far as to allow the posted inclusion of hyperlinks to other ?for profit? sites ? something specifically NOT allowed on many if not most other fishing boards, thus... we feel we are the most truly open fishing community for all.
Also please note that it has been repeatedly alluded by some that because we have advertisers that pay the bills here on Noreast.com, that there will be limitations on "acceptable topics." If you have been here for any length of time you would have to agree that this site?s management has ALWAYS bent over backwards to give the most latitude possible to posters that have often made it their business to be confrontational, in both style and content. Only after the most provocative comments and as an absolute last resort has the banning function been utilized. Yet even then it frequently hasn?t been a site-wide ban, only a specific board banning. I believe that?s an outstanding example of the saint-like tolerance of both our management as well as our moderator team.
Its always been my understanding that one of the prime reasons that this site was created was to allow enormous freedom in your posts. You don't really have to be a Noreast.com lover, or "drink the company Kool-Aid" as they say. But what we do ask is that you post with the best possible intentions for our community here on Noreast.com.
Masquerading destructive posts with mock concern for this site?s wellbeing is certainly not deemed constructive either to our membership or to our advertising base. It is for that reason that earlier this week a thread had to be removed not once, but twice ? resulting in yet another individual board banning for the offending party.
The truth is that we at Noreast.com do not view other internet fishing fora as competition. We do not ask for a blood oath of undying loyalty to our site... hey, feel free to be a member at every darn fishing forum on the internet! I know I read a bunch every single day.
We really aren't trying to compete or pull people away from anywhere... my goodness... you're all adults and these are only fishing forums. The way I see it Noreast.com has always been here for its members ? and is more than strong enough to generate an incredible daily ?hit count? from a truly huge membership. So please do not be misled by those that post selectively stilted statistics as some sort of ?proof? of this site?s alledged failings. Nothing could be further from the truth.
This site, in fact this specific board, is here for you and your wants and needs... so enjoy it as you like, as often as you'd like. Trust me, we'll always be here for you. Or put another way, by a famous person who's name escapes me at the moment: "The reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated!" We are as strong a site as ever - with the largest registered membership and the finest list of high-profile advertisers of any fishing site, anywhere on the Net!
Whether we have 10 members or ten million, I am very proud and yes honored, to be a part of the moderator team of this site. I do believe we have the most eclectic group of posters ever on any fishing site that I?ve ever read, that?s for sure. From forum veterans, to first time forum participants and everyone else along the way, its just incredible the amount of info that can be picked up here on Noreast.com every single day.
So anyway, I'm proud to see all of you here on the IT&T board, to read all of your posts every day and I am especially proud to be associated with the rest of our moderator team ? they work like **** to make this site the success it is, and do a darn good job of it, all things considered... And hey, along those lines did you happen to catch Steve's latest post on Ling fishing in the old days? Can that guy write, or what? Great stuff.
Now as to the direction of this board. This is actually the first time in over two weeks that I've been physically comfortable enough to sit at this desk and type out a post of any significant length. It hasn't been an easy road for me lately - plenty of stress all the way through. But I do see light at the end of the tunnel and am feeling a good deal better. Thank goodness for that!
In fact many of my close friends have very graciously volunteered to help me begin prepping the Leprechaun for the coming season this weekend. And guess what? I met many of them right here on Noreast. How could you knock a site that generates such good will amongst its members? Its just a mystery to me.
So I certainly hope to up my personal contribution to this board (And site in general) in the coming weeks and months and do hope that you are all as psyched as I am to get going with this coming season - pending regulations be darned! I've made a conscious decision not to let them get me down, and fully intend to make 2008 a GREAT year of fishing. I intend to find as many new ways to enjoy this sport as possible - and also to rediscover some "old school" techniques from the distant past that got me to where I am today.
And though I?ve said it many times before it sure bears repeating, Thank you all for being a part of the IT&T board here on Noreast.com and have a great evening.
I think you all are pretty terrific people.
Best, Lep
This post edited by Leprechaun 11:29 PM 03/19/2008
Recently I have seen postings on one of our other boards relating Noreast.com to another internet site in a negative fashion... and I'd like to throw in my comments. This has stayed with me since it happened and so here goes:
I understand that it's seems almost natural to make some comparisons to other fishing forums that you might frequent, and I have no issues with that - hey this country was founded on the priciples of competition. But we do ask that you please refrain from such direct site-to-site comparisons in your posts and please do not bash either them or us here on Noreast.com.
Aside from such specious and very much selective comparisons, we welcome ALL conversation, even if it is in reference to a topic at another forum. Hey, some topics transcend a single site (such as recent fisheries management changes for example).
Our ownership here on Noreast has always permitted such conversation ? and even goes so far as to allow the posted inclusion of hyperlinks to other ?for profit? sites ? something specifically NOT allowed on many if not most other fishing boards, thus... we feel we are the most truly open fishing community for all.
Also please note that it has been repeatedly alluded by some that because we have advertisers that pay the bills here on Noreast.com, that there will be limitations on "acceptable topics." If you have been here for any length of time you would have to agree that this site?s management has ALWAYS bent over backwards to give the most latitude possible to posters that have often made it their business to be confrontational, in both style and content. Only after the most provocative comments and as an absolute last resort has the banning function been utilized. Yet even then it frequently hasn?t been a site-wide ban, only a specific board banning. I believe that?s an outstanding example of the saint-like tolerance of both our management as well as our moderator team.
Its always been my understanding that one of the prime reasons that this site was created was to allow enormous freedom in your posts. You don't really have to be a Noreast.com lover, or "drink the company Kool-Aid" as they say. But what we do ask is that you post with the best possible intentions for our community here on Noreast.com.
Masquerading destructive posts with mock concern for this site?s wellbeing is certainly not deemed constructive either to our membership or to our advertising base. It is for that reason that earlier this week a thread had to be removed not once, but twice ? resulting in yet another individual board banning for the offending party.
The truth is that we at Noreast.com do not view other internet fishing fora as competition. We do not ask for a blood oath of undying loyalty to our site... hey, feel free to be a member at every darn fishing forum on the internet! I know I read a bunch every single day.
We really aren't trying to compete or pull people away from anywhere... my goodness... you're all adults and these are only fishing forums. The way I see it Noreast.com has always been here for its members ? and is more than strong enough to generate an incredible daily ?hit count? from a truly huge membership. So please do not be misled by those that post selectively stilted statistics as some sort of ?proof? of this site?s alledged failings. Nothing could be further from the truth.
This site, in fact this specific board, is here for you and your wants and needs... so enjoy it as you like, as often as you'd like. Trust me, we'll always be here for you. Or put another way, by a famous person who's name escapes me at the moment: "The reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated!" We are as strong a site as ever - with the largest registered membership and the finest list of high-profile advertisers of any fishing site, anywhere on the Net!
Whether we have 10 members or ten million, I am very proud and yes honored, to be a part of the moderator team of this site. I do believe we have the most eclectic group of posters ever on any fishing site that I?ve ever read, that?s for sure. From forum veterans, to first time forum participants and everyone else along the way, its just incredible the amount of info that can be picked up here on Noreast.com every single day.
So anyway, I'm proud to see all of you here on the IT&T board, to read all of your posts every day and I am especially proud to be associated with the rest of our moderator team ? they work like **** to make this site the success it is, and do a darn good job of it, all things considered... And hey, along those lines did you happen to catch Steve's latest post on Ling fishing in the old days? Can that guy write, or what? Great stuff.
Now as to the direction of this board. This is actually the first time in over two weeks that I've been physically comfortable enough to sit at this desk and type out a post of any significant length. It hasn't been an easy road for me lately - plenty of stress all the way through. But I do see light at the end of the tunnel and am feeling a good deal better. Thank goodness for that!
In fact many of my close friends have very graciously volunteered to help me begin prepping the Leprechaun for the coming season this weekend. And guess what? I met many of them right here on Noreast. How could you knock a site that generates such good will amongst its members? Its just a mystery to me.
So I certainly hope to up my personal contribution to this board (And site in general) in the coming weeks and months and do hope that you are all as psyched as I am to get going with this coming season - pending regulations be darned! I've made a conscious decision not to let them get me down, and fully intend to make 2008 a GREAT year of fishing. I intend to find as many new ways to enjoy this sport as possible - and also to rediscover some "old school" techniques from the distant past that got me to where I am today.
And though I?ve said it many times before it sure bears repeating, Thank you all for being a part of the IT&T board here on Noreast.com and have a great evening.
I think you all are pretty terrific people.
Best, Lep
This post edited by Leprechaun 11:29 PM 03/19/2008
