Hello everyone. This is something that's been thrown together to explain the purpose of the forum a bit more clearly and how you can get involved. Once you've given it a read, there's nothing left to say. It's that simple .

>> What is this forum for?

The Community Events forum has been created to act a central hub for site wide events and contests. Traditionally these include raffles, awards, auctions and competitions that test the various skills and talents of members (such as drawing, rapping, writing or digital art) or have some sort of organised points system.

However, the forum is also open to any new ideas or plans that are focused on bringing together various sectors of the community. So this doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be a grand idea or a very large scale project. It can be something as simple as a forum header competition!

>> What makes this forum different from the way things used to be done?

Before this forum, everything would be held within the forums the particular event involved. While this worked, it really limited anyone else from outside the community getting involved, largely because not everybody knew about it!

So the plan is that with the Community Events forum you will now have a much greater range of members interested and participating as well as a larger and more jovial atmosphere. It's early days at the moment but as more and more people become aware of this forum, the bigger the pool and scope for participation!

>> Can anyone organize an event?

Anyone is welcome to create and organize an event. It's entirely up to you to get the ball rolling. It's strongly encouraged that you team up with people that have similar ideas so you can work together and come up with the best ideas, and half the work load!

However ...

>> What rules and conditions do I need to follow?

.. there is little in the way of rules, but there are a couple of things to keep in mind:

This forum is for community events, not games. By this we mean internet game sites. However, "events" can be very broad, the real criterion is quality.

The key theme to the forum is involving other forums in some way. For example, at the most basic level a forum header competition invites other people from other forums to try their hand.

Finally, before you post you must run the idea in a PM past Danger or Klope62. We realize it might seem a tad draconian but the idea behind it is to just make sure that half the events being ran don't collapse because of poor organization. Myself and Danger are online nearly every day. You'll likely only have to wait a day for a response back. And in all honesty, the chances of us saying no are slim.

>> What is the role of the moderators for this forum?

Our role is to give guidance and to make sure things run smoothly. This won't involve getting heavily involved in any events being held but merely to offer guidance and criticism at the beginning so when things get going, it's down to the originators of the idea to run the event and see it out to the end.

If anyone feels they want to discuss anything or wants reassurance, then don't hesitate to drop either of us a PM.

This message was edited by Klope62(moderator) on Jan 31 2009.