05-03-2013, 11:13 PM
Black wrote: I am also not getting very far in understanding what resources we're talking about here, or what is meant by "sponsors," or why the sudden need for changes.
I think a few things Larry has said might help answer your questions:
OWC Larry wrote: That said - the 'political' forum side currently has no sponsor, use is limited to a single digit percentage... [...] it also has a very disproportionate percentage of Mod time spent on it. With lots of other forums more appropriate for that kind of discourse, going to see a poll on it's future. Certainly it's going to need a sponsor for it to continue imho.
OWC Larry wrote:
it's not monetary... That being said, we're supporting the 'main forum' as a sponsor, but the politcal side drains resources from our support that could go to the main forum.
Sounds like mod resources is a big issue. As far as "sponsor", I noticed this board has a "sponsored by OWC" at the top right, whereas the political side does not.
Not sure if the need for change is "sudden" or not.