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What about the map of the UK in green and for each region overlaid with the respective portion of the Union Jack (stand fast Wales who will have to use their own flag)
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Indeed it could work,
Perhaps if i get a chance tonight i may just knock some concept art together (wouldnt take long, i do a fair bit with PS with my photo stuff) and see what the thoughts are - after all we are all a democracy.... last i was told / heard ;) haha
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guess put out any suggestions to all UK members for voting. If you don't vote then you can't complain.
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Very true!
A mass mail to UK registered members (OB and perhaps forum members) and go from there
Hmm wonder if a new thread should be made for UK regional to discuss perhaps... see what happens in a few hours when our State side friends come more online and catch up [emoji6]
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Hey all,
The system that has worked so far (and may not be sustainable) is that we open up regions when an Ambassador emerges naturally. The community itself is a pretty good filter for this. In the US and AUS, this has been the case. Someone is active, naturally understands our goals, mission, and Founding Principles, and the community respects the individual to represent the region. It's not perfect, but we haven't rolled out regions until there is someone who is very active and can take the whole thing on soup to nuts. Its a big responsibility, and there is a lot of dialogue btwn you and other Ambassadors. Ambassadors speak for Corrie and I, and are able to articulate policy and make calls. They are all also "Staff" in these forums, and coordinate their designated fb_group admins, or admin the fb groups themselves. There is quite a bit of on-boarding that occurs!
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The system that has worked so far (and may not be sustainable) is that we open up regions when an Ambassador emerges naturally. The community itself is a pretty good filter for this. In the US and AUS, this has been the case. Someone is active, naturally understands our goals, mission, and Founding Principles, and the community respects the individual to represent the region. It's not perfect, but we haven't rolled out regions until there is someone who is very active and can take the whole thing on soup to nuts. Its a big responsibility, and there is a lot of dialogue btwn you and other Ambassadors. Ambassadors speak for Corrie and I, and are able to articulate policy and make calls. They are all also "Staff" in these forums, and coordinate their designated fb_group admins, or admin the fb groups themselves. There is quite a bit of on-boarding that occurs!
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@Chris Jones @Dananc @Steve @Corrie @Ryan Matthes @Luis Merlo @Overland-Indiana
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Concept Art ONLY - Not in any way official - only as an idea...
So in keeping with the theme of the other ones that are official (which are landscape backgrounds) - Flags and Land border outlines is a nice idea but I'm thinking they want to keep continuity so I've made Scotland, Northern Ireland and England but not sure how to represent Wales
Have a look and see what you think...
Northern Ireland - Giants Causeway
England - Stonehenge
Scotland - Edinbourgh Castle
Wales - Need ideas...
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I'm going to send these to our artist for consideration! Awesome!Concept Art ONLY - Not in any way official - only as an idea...
So in keeping with the theme of the other ones that are official (which are landscape backgrounds) - Flags and Land border outlines is a nice idea but I'm thinking they want to keep continuity so I've made Scotland, Northern Ireland and England but not sure how to represent Wales
Have a look and see what you think...
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Northern Ireland - Giants Causeway
England - Stonehenge
Scotland - Edinbourgh Castle
Wales - Need ideas...
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I like it but I'm not sure most people will know who he was
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Looks like I get to have a dual region as I live in Atlanta for 8 months out of the year and Nantucket for 4 months.
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Any member can join any region, and many join many!
Sorry for being so late to the discussion but I think AZ and NM should be in the Rocky Mountains group. Most of us in AZ do a lot of trips in the Four Corners area and would not do anything in OK or anything in TX other than maybe far west TX. Maybe change the division lines more based on time zones? Of course AZ we don't switch so we're weird.
Based on the current SW group I see lots of folks not having anything in common for joint gatherings and a lot of AZ/NM folks wanting to do things with the Rocky Mountains group. Same may be said for other bordering regions.
So how would you address this if you don't shift around some states other than be a member of multiple regions?
I run a group called AZ Overlanders where hyper local works well for certain things but there is a small subset of folks with more flexible schedules that like to do longer trips. So you might consider somehow teaming up with the small local groups as well and somehow trying to bring them into the circle but keep them local in nature.
Thanks
Based on the current SW group I see lots of folks not having anything in common for joint gatherings and a lot of AZ/NM folks wanting to do things with the Rocky Mountains group. Same may be said for other bordering regions.
So how would you address this if you don't shift around some states other than be a member of multiple regions?
I run a group called AZ Overlanders where hyper local works well for certain things but there is a small subset of folks with more flexible schedules that like to do longer trips. So you might consider somehow teaming up with the small local groups as well and somehow trying to bring them into the circle but keep them local in nature.
Thanks
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