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#BuildaBetterEden - Community Planning: 01.05.2012 - Everybody Welcome!

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Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Starkiller87
I hate packing. I like unpacking though. Its like opening presents that you already own.
Hahaha. My family is notoriously bad about unpacking. We usually unpack to put new stuff in a suitcase to take on a trip.
01/05/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Jul!a
Not bad. Trying to figure out what/when I'm gonna pack to go back to New Hampshire with my sister tomorrow. I'll be back Monday morning, but that doesn't change the fact that I suck at packing, lol.
Probably your Sqweel, and maybe Rondo, and definitely some Edenwipes... and probably a tooth brush
01/05/2012
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
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Originally posted by Kindred
Be careful what you wish for...

Those chickens dont even look tasty. They dont have any seasoning!
01/05/2012
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by aliceinthehole
i come help? im good at packing. like a freakin girl scout.
Funny, because I used to be a Girl Scout. Got my gold award and everything!
01/05/2012
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
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Originally posted by ToyTimeTim
Hey buddy. Hows life for ya?
Terrible. I have new toys I have not gotten to yet! Tragedy!
01/05/2012
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Be careful what you wish for...

OHMYGAWD!!!!!!
01/05/2012
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Be careful what you wish for...

ew.
01/05/2012
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Antipova
Probably your Sqweel, and maybe Rondo, and definitely some Edenwipes... and probably a tooth brush
Lol, I like your thinking
01/05/2012
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Kindred
Be careful what you wish for...

Do you think the eggs get in the way? I can't help but think they would pop out at the wrong time.
01/05/2012
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
So, does anybody have anything to bring up real quick? Or should I just get on with my meeting updates?
01/05/2012
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Kindred
Terrible. I have new toys I have not gotten to yet! Tragedy!
Here that! I have an DR stroker and have not even took it out to look at. Must get to it soon!
01/05/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by Antipova
Probably your Sqweel, and maybe Rondo, and definitely some Edenwipes... and probably a tooth brush
Antipova, I sent you a message but am not sure if my links showed up properly. I suck at links, apparently.
01/05/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
So, does anybody have anything to bring up real quick? Or should I just get on with my meeting updates?
Go ahead! I am not bursting with many new ideas apart from trying to feel better faster.
01/05/2012
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
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Originally posted by Jul!a
So, does anybody have anything to bring up real quick? Or should I just get on with my meeting updates?
Nothing I can think of. I should really write stuff down because I always forget once the meeting starts.
01/05/2012
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
So, does anybody have anything to bring up real quick? Or should I just get on with my meeting updates?
Nothing here, still trying to catch up on stuff.
01/05/2012
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
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Originally posted by Jul!a
So, does anybody have anything to bring up real quick? Or should I just get on with my meeting updates?
get on with it!
01/05/2012
Contributor: Katelyn Katelyn
Hey lets see those updates : )
01/05/2012
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
Cant think of anything either.
01/05/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
So, does anybody have anything to bring up real quick? Or should I just get on with my meeting updates?
I can't think of anything.
01/05/2012
Contributor: aliceinthehole aliceinthehole
Quote:
Originally posted by Katelyn
Hey lets see those updates : )
hey there.. just sent you a post on your wall! cant wait to see your next review.
01/05/2012
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Nothing I can think of. I should really write stuff down because I always forget once the meeting starts.
Must be all the talk about food, eh?
01/05/2012
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by wrmbreze
Antipova, I sent you a message but am not sure if my links showed up properly. I suck at links, apparently.
Links just don't work in messages no matter how good at links you may be
01/05/2012
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Ok, those of you who have been coming to these meetings for a while will recognize a lot of repeats, but I wanted to make sure that people who hadn't been here would see the whole list, so I'll start with ideas we've already implemented.

Implemented ideas:
-The big brother/big sister program was a suggestion made to try and help new people figure out the site easier. There hasn't been much direct work on the exact idea, but there has been a lot of work put into developing programs for all types of assistance.
-The Community Blog Directory. This was brought up early on and was put together by a contributor. It was published and I keep it updated when new blogs are added to it.
-Merch in general. We discussed different things that could be Eden branded. So far (August 2011) we have a few Eden branded toys (Kissa and Passion dual bullets), a toy pouch, wipes, and the first T-shirt from the design contest. Later on we added the tote bag, a cock ring, and a towel to the mix.
-Having a CPM newsletter, something that would remind people when the meetings are and give them updates on what happened in the last meeting. As of right now the CPM is mentioned in the weekly email that lists upcoming events and meeting summaries can be read on our blog.
-A public calendar to help community members keep track of events. For a few months this was a thread that Gary or I started that listed all of the upcoming events for that month. Eventually it became the calendar at the top of the forum and on the community news page.
-Removing points on voting polls. While we haven't necessarily done this specifically, we have reworked the points program to adjust the payout for certain activities and help reduce point farming. There's no official release date as of yet, but it is currently in programming.
-Expanding the community news page to truly reflect all the things currently being offered. At this point, the community news page contains a little bit of everything. There's always room for improvement though, so ideas for other things to add/change are welcome.
-Getting an automatic notification of when your student has been given an assignment. While there's still no automatic notification, you can ask Justin to notify you if he does create an assignment. He's normally really good about letting you know if it's been done or not to begin with, and once you know that the assignment has been created you can ask your student whether or not they've accepted it from there.
-Removing “committee” from the name of this meeting. As you can see, it went from the Community Events Committee to the Community Planning Meeting after a poll was taken on the forums.
-Signatures for club managers. Since there's already a pretty box and title associated with each club manager, a signature for each post seemed a little over the top. An answer to wanting to add a signature without always having said signature was to prepare a pre-formatted post and add it to the end of relevant posts.
-Sticky threads. These were released on the forums at the same time as a few other developments. With that round of updates we got sticky threads for upcoming events, announcements from staff, and featured threads; along with individual posters and total post counts on threads; and banners at the top of the forum!
-Limiting the time that a poll can be voted on. We now have the ability to set time limits on polls that we create.
-Changing the time of the Reviewers Spotlight so that it was right after the Community Planning Meeting instead of right before.
-A stickied guide to clubs. Due to people not really knowing what requirements for clubs were and thinking they needed to be accepted, I created a guide to clubs, workshops, and parties and stickied it on the forums.
-A stickied tutorial post. There have been a lot of helpful tutorials over the years, but they seem to be mostly gone now. I've been going through and creating new ones, and putting all the active ones I could find in master list of tutorials.
-Adding summaries to each meeting link. This was another one that probably should have been done a long time ago, and while it isn't exactly what we had initially intended, I was able to put together a list of summaries and my notes on the meetings from 2010 and 2011.
01/05/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by Antipova
Links just don't work in messages no matter how good at links you may be
ok, good to know,lol.
01/05/2012
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Antipova
Links just don't work in messages no matter how good at links you may be
I've found that to be extremely helpful when it comes to explaining how to post links that show up as words, and posting pictures
01/05/2012
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
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Originally posted by ToyTimeTim
Must be all the talk about food, eh?
This thread needs more chickens.
01/05/2012
Contributor: Katelyn Katelyn
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Originally posted by aliceinthehole
hey there.. just sent you a post on your wall! cant wait to see your next review.
Ahh thanks! I am getting a Vroom vibrator next. I can't wait to start writing : )
The assignments do work for advanced reviewers which is great!
01/05/2012
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
Whew that was a read. Lots of progress so far! I feel like a lot of changes have been made in the last 2 months especially for the better. Its really encouraging.
01/05/2012
Contributor: Katelyn Katelyn
I love the big brother and sister idea! This is what I needed last month or so : )
01/05/2012
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Starkiller87
Whew that was a read. Lots of progress so far! I feel like a lot of changes have been made in the last 2 months especially for the better. Its really encouraging.
I've got a bunch more! Not stuff that we've accomplished, but stuff we've talked about. Not all of it is something we could easily do, but some of it we probably could.
01/05/2012