Suggestions and Forum's Future

[robinhoodlym]

Hello All, Just trying to give you all a rundown here. In the about four days this forum has been created, there are 17 members. This is a great pace. Just for everyone's info, guests can come and even read messages but not post until they apply for membership. Becoming a member is so darn easy, just have to provide an email! Other boards don't allow reading until members, but I feel allowing guests to read will get them intersted to become members.

I decided to open the Family members of Benzo sufferers - If anyone is in this situation and wants to become a moderator, let me know.

It was suggested that a Canadian Corner also be opened but I felt that would divide common interests but what do the rest of you think?

If there are topics that should be turned into categories, let's get some ideas. I want you - the users - to have a voice in where this forum goes.

Another thing, I am developing an idea to have a moderator per section. Now of course this is for volunteers and not only be active on the forum but also to promote this forum and your section to other people and web site.

Also, we can get rid of the ads too for only $7.00 per monthy per 50,000 pages of downloads. We can also link the forum from a home page with a nice url name, ad free, etc for around $25.00 per year and if the volume becomes high, a few extra $$ per month to allow for more bandwidth... That home page can have files, links, lots of neat things and luckily I can do the programming of it... But that is when we are sure this is up and running and with its own momentum.

Of course this site will always be free to members, maybe at some time we will ask for donations to sponser but that is a ways off yet.


What do you all think?? How can we make this better, attract users, and most of all help people?

[skye aka tweety]

Well for one suggestion is word of mouth at the clinics actaulay its how i found out about watchdog through a modrator at my clincic,i feel that if we could spreaD THE WORD THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH AND POST CERTAIN ADVERTISMENTS in or local towns,city,for example in my town alot of become addicts at a young age 18 and even younger,the grocery store sets up a bulliten board for sales,progams,and just plain ole anything,that i can do post up the website of the site for anyone interested,ive noticed in my small town alot of faces at my clinic latley that have both opaite addictions and benzos tendanys ,so i think this is a start ,to spread the word through either flyers,word of mouth or placed on builliten boards,im am a very friendly respected member at my clinic and especailly new patients with computers tend to listen to my points,i know alot are busy with kids,shopping,familys,work and not much time to get a chance to get online even if they have a computer,but im a very persuasive person if i believe something works i dont give up!we need to spread the word that benzos is not the way to go..they are the most addictive drug i know ..and withdrawls are horrible,when going through withdrawls of benzos ,the one thing i encounter on numerous occasions were sezouirs,,hospitalized by emergency care many times..its not fun by no means!if theres any body out there with any questions with benzos feel free to pm me ,ill do the best i can with 25 years of experience first hand...skye

[skye aka tweety]

The only reason i mentioned canadain corner ,is cuz it varies from state to state with benzos per clinc,if you have a valid scipt from a family physican here in canada its ok you use the benos...or depending on the clinic rules and regs,each patient needing indiviual care depending on cituatons at hand.skye..+

[skye aka tweety]

WHY did you start taking benzos???