Visual Architect vs. RPM forums on website?
fogled@mizzou
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Just a suggestion that Samsung/Harman/AMX might want to de-emphasize the Visual Architect sub-forum, and add an RPM forum.
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Tony, it is more fun to start with SVSi by AMX by Harman, a Samsung Company. Coincidentally, an updated corporate logo was officially released today.
Chris, I'm confused. With 'site' do you mean the Visual Architect sub-forum or are you casually telling us that the entire AMX forum will likely shut down??
If that's the question, I would want to answer it with another question: Why was there so recently an effort to bring this site back from the dead, to begin with? I suppose the new logo might well answer that question: things have changed, again; decisions about this site made just months ago are already irrelevant. The other obvious follow-up question I have: This website is powered by vBulletin, a reasonably common, standard forum software product. Is it really that hard to add another sub-forum for RPM? I can understand "de-emphasizing" an existing sub-forum might be troublesome somehow, but it's hard to imagine just adding another sub-forum for RPM under the technical forum takes more than a few mouse clicks and a few keystrokes. It boggles my mind to think it's going to take months of adults together in a meeting rooms, arguing about whether or not something as simple as adding another sub-forum can or should be done, but... regardless of how absurd it seems, we all experience that phenomenon anyway, don't we? I certainly do in my work environment. SMDH.
Derek - No, there have not been days of meetings to discuss whether or not to rename a sub-forum, but many of us fail to realize the sheer number of online assets that require updating and maintenance under the new organizational structure. That isn't meant to be an excuse, but it is a reality. I am internally championing the effort to not only keep this site active, but to also place renewed life into it - get the sub forum structure aligned with the current product offering and drive engineering resources here to answer technical questions. I am a huge fan of this resource and try to be a daily visitor of the site.
Although lacking context, my question was not intended to alarm, but to simply garner the membership sentiment so that I can convey that to the key decision maker who is not a visitor to this site. My position is that I would rather see the resource stay alive, even if it meant zero updating from our digital marketing team, than to see it go away because there is no bandwidth to manage it. The target audience of this site is a group of power users seeking to resolve field issues in an online social environment that is open to discussion 24-hours a day, and this is too good of a current and historic resource to turn off.
I really appreciate the candor and detail of your response. I totally get the "...it is a reality" part, regardless of appearances or what anyone thinks it *should* be like. Please keep us posted on status of resolution to ownership issues as they unfold. Hopefully my query has increased the relative importance of getting those issues resolved. Thanks!
The result of shutting us off here will be to .... shut us off, to end what we do.
"We know we cut off your food and water long ago, but it's come to our attention that you still have air. We're working on it."
Well said, John.
It would be an absolute tragedy to shut this place down. Catastrophic.
Thirteen years of history wiped out. Our most valuable resource destroyed.
The decision for AMX to turn their backs on residential has been difficult enough to deal with but if you take away the forum you might as well just rip out our hearts and dig our graves.
Samsung doesn't have enough pennies to keep this place alive? For the record, I couldn't care less about what the sub forums are called. Just keep this place open. Please.
I agree whole-heartedly. I believe Chris when he implies that the forum isn't going anywhere. But, I also know that our general fears are not unfounded. I will go on public record here and offer to host the forum myself if AMX ever deems it necessary to shut it down. If they would agree to transfer the database, I will offer to host it. It's that important to me and, as I've said far too many times, a valuable resource to me.
edited to add: I also realize there are other more 'modern' forums out there such as Facebook, etc.... These arenas, however, are merely haunts for noobs who picked up an NI 3000 on ebay and want someone to program it for them so they can 'learn' how it works. They are just one notch above an annoying waste of time. This forum, at least, has done a pretty good job of keeping the ball within the 'professional' playing field.
Couldn't agree more
My dealer is 9-5pm and this place has saved my backside a couple of times...
Can we just forget anyone said anything and keep the site?
Keep up the fight Chris.