Hey all-
I’m hoping you’ll all weigh in on the need/feasibility of the proposed resources and if the feeling is positive, help out in creating them. Maybe we need to keep more money in regional builder’s pockets and less money going to the air freight companies.
As it sounds, taking Australia as an example:
Gathering all the known suppliers/builders, all the Facebook groups, WhatsApp ride groups, etc.
Gondor calls for aids! (Is that how it goes?)
The issue with these threads is there’s no one single entity to add, remove or modify the info. They get clogged and ugly looking, and end up being inhibitive for those who are either new to the hobby or the forum.
I don’t know who wants to be stuck with that responsibility though, especially since it’s regional
can a person be added as mod for a specific thread?
Simple, locked thread where the mods add information to it only
That comes back to who wants to do it… We have an extreme scattered Userbase and I can’t imagine a mod here wants to ‘play paperwork’ for everyone 
No, but not sure that’s needed. There can be point people to look after a region maybe. Once all the information is in place, it shouldn’t need a ton of upkeep.
This is the avenue I would take, and simply have their actions ‘watched’ by the community. An unfair moderator would lead to a free seat for that threads moderation.
I support the idea. Trick would be getting the areas right.
Nyc is pretty organized already and there’s not much DIY guys here
This would be great, elect one person from each region to start a thread following a template, this person would be responsible for gathering the information shared as the thread progress and adding to the first post
You can make a post a wiki and then everyone can edit it. Example:
Wiki form factor with a regional overseer sounds really promising.
yes definitely, better format than the forum (to messy)
I vote no, we’re a global commUnity. If you want regional to organise group rides and local events, go for gold, but don’t split the rest.
If it weren’t for the global community, I wouldn’t have a UK board and trucks, mated to German gear drives, powered by electronics from various APAC countries.
Paying shipping? Seriously waiting for components to turn up in the mail is half the fun.
Following The Network Effect, one huge community is stronger so long as it has a common goal. For esk8 in general… this forum fills that purpose.
In Ohio, I found that a lot of local Facebook esk8 ride groups suck in terms of engagement, advocacy, and actual membership of riders (except for Cincinnati!) and started to push one Facebook group with a goal of unifying everyone interested in that one purpose (to get people in Ohio out riding dem streets). In this instance, the biggest network would be one where everyone who rides in Ohio joins.
TLDR big forum good. Big niche groups good. So long as no networks compete at the SAME level.
I love this. One wiki per region, state, whatever makes sense with a listing of local ride-planning groups (Facebook, Discord, tin can phones, whatever), builders, suppliers, advocacy groups (think Germany) etc.
Hey mal-
I may have explained it wrong, but there will be no splitting off of users into regions. This is merely the creation of resource pools that pertain to each region that can be accessed if someone needs a part, service, riding partner, etc closer to where they live.
I too not only love shipping/waiting for packages, I depend on it because there is very little in the way or resources local to me.