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Cragx 22:55:29 Thu Feb 2 2006 Offline 2045 posts Administrator  Mood Now:  Post Mood: Reply |
Okay here a basic poll to guage support for a new ezine, everyone at least vote even if you think its a dumb idea.
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Cragx 22:57:27 Thu Feb 2 2006 Offline 2045 posts Administrator Mood Now: Post Mood: Reply |
I selected editorial, as I would say thats were my limited skills would be best utilised, but I would contribute what I could to the cause.
I kept the poll as a 1 vote option as multiple choice would cloud the result. |
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Nick_Kaz 23:18:05 Thu Feb 2 2006 Offline 584 posts Rock God  Mood Now:  Reply |
It's a good idea, but dont think it would be a viable alternative to the current paper solution.
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Cragx 23:24:13 Thu Feb 2 2006 Offline 2045 posts Administrator Mood Now: Post Mood: Reply |
Your probably right Nick but it could serve several purposes...
1/ Force Rock to change its way to accomodate new technology and the changing needs and attitudes of the climbing community as a whole. 2/ Provide an easier avenue to support local photograpers and journalists in the climbing community as submissions could be referenced in portfolio's. With much broader and easier contributor guidelines more people could give it a go. 3/ If any advertising generated the funds could be used to pay for submissions to help offset contributors costs or even used as donations for rebolting efforts etc.... 4/ Provide a quick central up to date source for the whole climbing community...if the project gets wide community support. Ther are plenty of negatives too but I wont list them  |
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Nick_Kaz 23:28:35 Thu Feb 2 2006 Offline 584 posts Rock God Mood Now: Reply |
agree on them things dude, i have plenty of out of focus, lo res bum shots for you to use.
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Cragx 23:44:15 Thu Feb 2 2006 Offline 2045 posts Administrator Mood Now: Post Mood: Reply |
That would be all of your portfolio wouldn't it Nick?
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Nick_Kaz 00:22:13 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 584 posts Rock God Mood Now: Reply |
No my brother took 1 so there is an ok photo in there somewhere...
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Johan_Vonshag 01:43:34 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 232 posts Onsight Specialist Mood Now:  Post Mood:  Reply |
Any suggestions for the name ?
Ringclippers.com welikebolts.com rockmagisgay.com |
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shawkshaw 02:57:18 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 1343 posts Administrator  Reply |
Uboltopia.com is better
i think qurank wound up becasue of the vast amount of time required to put it together each issue |
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Cragx 02:59:51 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 2045 posts Administrator Mood Now: Post Mood: Reply |
Could be right stevo...I was just guessing...wasn't Lee doing it? Maybe someone should just ask him?
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shawkshaw 03:09:21 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 1343 posts Administrator Reply |
ill find out what i can
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manacubus 03:25:53 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 34 posts Outdoor Climber Reply |
Hey guys
Regarding the qurank ezine - it kicked along nicely for a year or two, but then the content dried up. Plus, it was taking ages to put together each issue (I was doing it by myself) which was eating into valuable climbing time. Another pitfall was that I was feeling as though I was becoming Baxterised, i.e. when you're the sole editor, what ends up coming out is skewed - there's no getting away from it. That's when I started up the qurank forums so that I could step away from an editing role and put the onus back on the individuals in the QLD climbing community to generate content. Having an online forum meets the majority of the requirements of a magazine - news, pictures, gossip etc. It falls down in the areas of structure, format, reading in the loo, and perhaps the most important matter -- quality content ends up being lost in cyberspace, rather than being preserved on the written page. Hard work, hard work, run away run away.... Lee |
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Cragx 03:29:48 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 2045 posts Administrator Mood Now: Post Mood: Reply |
Or we could just wait for the man himself to login
Yeah be a huge task no doubt about it, that why alot of people would have to be onboard. the beauty of a PDF style ezine is you can print it out for future read. Did you ever get any sponsorship Lee? |
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manacubus 04:05:44 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 34 posts Outdoor Climber Reply |
Yeah that's the other thing - you're doing it all for nothin'. I was working under a zero revenue, zero costs model. I got helped out by the web host (and still do, thanks Immortal) but that's about it. Maybe you guys can devise a better financial model.
My experience has been that frequently in the climbing world, and in life, there's a lot of talk but not a lot of action. Or if there's action, it's fleeting. Look at Climb magazine. Especially if you're interested in having "a lot of people onboard" you not only have to be able to coordinate that and focus it into something useful, but you have to sustain it (people's and your own enthusiasm and motivation) over the long term. That's the hardest thing to do, IMO. |
hatman  06:19:04 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 568 posts Rock God  Mood Now:  Post Mood:  Reply |
well if is any indicator the topic has stired up the most interest in on cragX for quite a while.
I would sugest (maybe not imediately) that revenue be generated via adverts and this to be used for dedicated web space and after a time paying for quality contributions and making donations back to the comunity. If there are any commercial entities out there that would be interested in advertiseing and if so what would you like from the deal. I am involved in gear retail and would certainly be interested in this sort of format to advetise (if the ezine is done right.) as I beleive it can reach more people than ROCK. |
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Cragx 08:33:45 Fri Feb 3 2006 Offline 2045 posts Administrator Mood Now: Post Mood: Reply |
The biggest problems I can see are logistics,
You would need several editors and designers to take on the biggest load of collecting the information sent in, that tends to be the driving force behind any publication. If the basic format remains the same (with minor changes to keep the format fresh), after the first couple of issues it wouldn’t be that hard to get the publication out. The second problem is getting contributors on board, from every area in Australia. Contacting all the clubs, groups around Australia to send in stuff. As Lee stated content dried up in the end for Qurank ezine, and to avoid this we would have tap everybody, from the top guns to the unknown to send stuff in. Maybe a poll on other forums to see who are interested? who would help out...as with Cragx being probably the smallest forum out there, our membership base probably isn’t going to give us a clear indication of the viability of the ezine proposal. Also of note we have a membership base of 450+ have currently only 13 votes, apathy like that which oftens kills projects like this. |
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mike_SICG 00:37:16 Sat Feb 4 2006 Offline 1 posts Climber Wannabe Reply |
I'd be interested in supporting an e-zine, with ads/sponsorship, and a sponsored news section for my gym.
I'm not an expert on the format, but a pdf that can be collected & even printed sounds good. There's prob already enough forums, so a brand new site with forum etc etc may not be needed - promote the e-zine thru existing sites : cragx, Aust Climbers Assoc, SCA etc Mike/Sydney Indoor |
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Nick_Kaz 05:58:52 Sat Feb 4 2006 Offline 584 posts Rock God Mood Now: Reply |
I have a feeling most of those are one timers and lurkers, I would think there are 20-25 people who post at least once a week... so 13 isn't bad show of hands from this small corner of a large community. |
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Johan_Vonshag 03:27:09 Mon Feb 6 2006 Offline 232 posts Onsight Specialist Mood Now: Post Mood:  Reply |
I'm assuming Mr Kyle & co. probably have enough on their plates but linking the e-zine in with the ACA would be one way to give climbers around OZ a voice.
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hatman 06:41:20 Mon Feb 6 2006 Offline 568 posts Rock God Mood Now: Post Mood: Reply |
give DOD a voice! he is loud enough already!
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msdemur 08:37:30 Mon Feb 6 2006 Offline 55 posts Lead Climber Mood Now:  Post Mood:  Reply |
Is it me... or has interested already wained on this topic? Of course it could just be the Monday loll.
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Cragx 23:27:59 Mon Feb 6 2006 Offline 2045 posts Administrator Mood Now: Post Mood: Reply |
Or tuesday Lol, hatman asked the same questions on Chockstone and Qurank to see level of support. Who was the person who ticked design etc, PM me.
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DODmister 00:01:04 Tue Feb 7 2006 Offline 1071 posts Net addict - someone take me climbing Mood Now:  Post Mood:  Reply |
Its a fantastic Idea and one I would definately support!
editorial, I beleive would be my niche! it should be a joint operation. cragx, chockerheads, qurank dudes, to get a good spectrum. |
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adski 00:07:51 Tue Feb 7 2006 Unavailable 187 posts Flash Specialist Mood Now:  Reply |
Hi Rod You were asking about design for an ezine, and I was the stooge with my hand up for that category, because it had nobody in it! I can be contacted at abramwell@gmail.com or MSN via chattoadam@hotmail.com cheers ab |
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Cragx 00:35:29 Tue Feb 7 2006 Offline 2045 posts Administrator Mood Now: Post Mood: Reply |
Dod email me with your ideas
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