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Post by shan on Jun 16, 2014 16:21:46 GMT 1
Oh no! Can't the whole lot become just 'members forum' and then 'general', encompassing everything else? The DG has been my sanity & saviour at times over the past 13 years or so..
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Post by portiabuzz on Jun 16, 2014 16:33:54 GMT 1
I like the idea of members then NH and general merge.. Please please please keep them Sent from my GT-I8160
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Post by portiabuzz on Jun 16, 2014 16:35:59 GMT 1
I don't really want to join FB Sent from my GT-I8160
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Post by varkie on Jun 16, 2014 16:53:31 GMT 1
What a terrible, terrible shame. I've been on IH since two boards ago, god knows how many years that is! Definitely in excess of 10 years. Sometimes I've been a member, sometimes not - depending on finances & priorities. It seems a terrible shame to me to close a board which has over the years brought many people to understand more about IH methods, and sometimes have then brought them onto demos or full membership, when they would otherwise not have.
I do understand that FB has taken over in many ways - I'm an avid FBer myself. But I will be amazingly sad to see the end of this era.
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Post by gwenoakes on Jun 16, 2014 17:29:37 GMT 1
Well said, Varkie.
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Post by bethspring on Jun 16, 2014 17:30:15 GMT 1
Is there a way of retrieving my membership number at all? X
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Post by marychick on Jun 16, 2014 17:32:07 GMT 1
bethspring- phone the IH office
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Post by bethspring on Jun 16, 2014 17:45:38 GMT 1
Thanks marychick
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Post by jennyb on Jun 16, 2014 18:46:39 GMT 1
Ditto varkie. I've been a board member for years, but with the following memberships already to maintain for my teaching and competing, I really don't want to fork out for yet another one with a baby arriving imminently! - BHS Gold membership - BHS register of instructors - Centered Riding instructor membership - BD rider membership - BD horse membership
That lot is over £300 per year, so it's not just "only" £20 when you factor in all that! End of an era, and what a shame, there are some lovely people on here and in fact I've met some really, really good lifelong friends on here, including LisaP and Gem. Sad news...
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Post by clipclop on Jun 16, 2014 18:56:28 GMT 1
Ditto varkie.
Like Jenny, I also have numerous other memberships to pay for.
I do think though that by losing open access to some form of general horse talk, it will be less likely to encourage new people towards ih which would be a great shame.
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Post by gillb on Jun 16, 2014 20:41:41 GMT 1
I'm another old timer. I show as a member but am not now. I can remember the original board and how exciting it all was. It's a shame it is going but understandable. FB is also a great place but quite different to this. Sad but a reflection of how things change.
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Post by kizi on Jun 16, 2014 21:01:47 GMT 1
It is a pity, not been on much lately as it's sunny haha and I am poor so no internet on phone away from wifi which I used do a lot! I'll be still on the members board tho! (Yes I know I said I'm poor haha)
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Post by humility on Jun 16, 2014 21:03:25 GMT 1
Maybe I am being naive, but surely this is a ProBoard forum which is free to use. Therefore does not cost the IH owners anything to run. So, why can't a few people volunteer their services to mod for a set time each week and leave it to run as it is? Or is it truer to say that IH want the revenue from paid members rather than supply an excellent facility that has changed the lives of so many horses and owners over the years.I feel this is a retrograde step and a mistake for equine welfare
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Post by specialized on Jun 16, 2014 21:16:21 GMT 1
That is a great shame and I think very detrimental to encouraging future members, I am sure a lot of current members will have been introduced to IH through the general forum. It does seem a very odd decision to create the 'Ask an Expert' section to replace the 'very quiet' Horse and Rider forum and close the busiest part of the DG which is the General Horse Talk section which even in the quietest times has always had traffic. Just the views of one person who will no longer have any say, so it looks like goodbye from me.
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Post by heidi on Jun 16, 2014 22:23:24 GMT 1
Very sad news. Thank you for all enjoyment I have had from the old IHDG and this board too.
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