Maybe this thread shouldn't be here in OP but I can't post it in the PA here because Aussie permanently banned me (3 different, contradictory reasons given and my request for which rule I had broken that warranted a permanent ban was never answered.)

The PA board here is dead, D E A D ! This gives me no pleasure--when I joined the site had 2-3000 posts when I got unfairly, unlawfully kicked out the site had over 22,000 posts! (Since Aussie kicked me out unlawfully and for no good reason two months ago they have added not quite 1,000 posts!)

The question now is, what to do about that board:

1. Do we give it a nice burial?

2. Do we try to breath life back into it?

3. Do we let Aussie move the board to a different website, not under FD's control and Aussie will become dictator for life

If we decide on 2. the first thing that must be done is demote Aussie back to normal member--he has told me that he would not voluntarily stand aside to allow this board to recover.

(http://www.polanimal.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=215&start=30#p7640)

If we decide against 3. then Aussie needs to be demoted back to ordinary member and that fairly quickly.

I know some people here used to be on PA, same with D&R--someone want to post this on D&R?

So, opinions anyone?

(And Aussie, do the right thing and step aside NOW!)

No, some people here don't post on PA and some do

Oops the board I am talking about is here:

http://ozpolitic.com/polanimal/index.php

(nobody posting on there for a few days    )

So far as I can see, there is the political animal community with three forums at which they can post. Two of those PA forums are active and Freediver's PA is not.

There would be no great loss to the PA community if Freediver's PA was closed. The very few who post very little there, would move their interest to the other two fully active PA's.

There are no forum wars between the two active PA's.
The two active PA's address different yet complimentary needs.
The two active PA's have www PA addresses.
These two active PA's seem more like the original than does Freediver's under the admin of Aussie.
Aussie has made himself an enemy of most PA forumites so the chances of fixing things are highly improbable.
There are not enough remaining members to vote Aussie out, so the chances of a change in admin are highly improbable.

My views should not count because I am permanently banned by Aussie from Freediver's PA.

Thank you, Sappho. This Aussie sounds like a charmer, eh?

Darwin if you link send me a link, I'll register.

Let this be a lesson to all those who voted for Osama Bin Aussie in the last Ozpol PA election. It was common knowledge that Arssie was an online stalker, dictator and an enemy of free speech from the last experience many PAers had with that freak at the helm. The fact that people voted him back in is nothing short of ridiculous. Freediver, get rid of the idiot. He has been a complete disaster. Already I can think of at least 6 posters who will return to your PA once Arssie is gone.

Sappho wrote on Jan 13^th, 2010 at 2:22pm:


Yes I do post at both but what's wrong with having 3 PAs? I've already let the dead PA go because Arssie made it quite clear he does not give a rat's crack about new members and only wants to stay in the past by trying to attract the old PAers to that place. That failed big time.

Megalodon wrote on Jan 13^th, 2010 at 2:38pm:


That is what I meant by a decent burial--close it to posting and give links to OP and to both PAs, that way we have a shot at retaining the member's that used to post at Aussie's board just going away.

I tried to get Aussie to unban me, I tried pointing out how that board is dying and now I say,

RIP
Here lies the board that Aussie killed
Pass quietly and respectfully

If you liked that board when it was alive then go to (OP/PA1/PA2)

Sunny_beach_babe wrote on Jan 13^th, 2010 at 2:53pm:


And I wonder who "marvel" is?