New Writer's Group from this Board

[Lady Geektastic]

*beam beam beam beam*

I'm all a-tingle. Cogni...hm, I could just feel superior all day belonging to a board like that.

[Mickey Finn]

Right now, I'm waiting for a confirmation from the Invion team that their Terms of Use say that we will not sue them for posting posts (since that what's they're there for), and not that "anything you post belongs to us," which would defeat the point of us using a board.

Strangely, their ticket system seems to be down, so I can't check it right now.

[Mickey Finn]

Ok.
It's been over a week since I put in the support ticket, no response.

Do we want to wait, or does someone want to host the board on their own machine or service?

[terioncalling]

Wasn't there someone that offered to host?  I looked back to try and find it but wasn't able to.

[Mickey Finn]

So that wasn't my imagination.

[jtaylor]

So why can we make this a child board off this board, similar to the reading group board? Or is that actually hosted elsewhere?

[waywardclam]

I may be able to arrange a private subforum at another existing site, with good terms of service,  if people are willing to migrate.  Should I check into this?

[Mickey Finn]

I was originally shying away from a child board here, because I don't want this to be misconstrued as "Jim Butcher's writing group," but that's a good point. I'll run it past Iago.

Clam, that's another possibility (although there's no migrating, it's just joining another board )

[waywardclam]

I'll keep watching then, let me know if it turns out to be the option to go with, and I'll get an official answer for ya...

[Mickey Finn]

Ok, Iago's out, due to hosting reasons (he thinks it's a great idea, though).

Here's what we're looking for:
Three main sections :1) The Writing tips and assignments board 2) The Author's board, where each author gets a sub-board they can post their materials, & 3) a general discussion area, where people can post random stuff, like we have on this board.
 
All authors retain the rights to everything they write. The boards are pw protected, so only people who write or want to help the writers* are let in. People do not have to read everything everybody writes...it's up to the writer to draw them in. There will be assignments to get the juices flowing, but the assignments are not mandatory. We're here to help, not to cause stress.


*You need not be a participating writer to have a board membership, if you want to help as a beta reader. There are no requirements that need to be met on what you have to read.

[waywardclam]

Ooga.  I dunno whether I can do all of this or not.  I'll check, and hopefully have an answer within a day or two.

[Mickey Finn]

Of course, we could also just go ahead with Invision. The lack of response from tech support suggests the likelyhood of them noticing what's actually ON the board to be nil.

[terioncalling]

I'd say go forward with Invision if Clam can't find anything.  I would offer up hosting on my own website and ask my friend to teach me how to get that type of board up 'n running but my site appears to be down for the moment.  And I'd ask her but she's already got two or three up on her site and dunno if she'd want more.

Then again, if I tell her my writing will be on it, she just might agree.

Anyway, whatever works.

[Mickey Finn]

This is the part that caused me to raise an eyebrow:

3.4 Rights to Posted Content:
Any content uploaded or posted to InvisionFree may be displayed on a board by InvisionFree. You grant InvisionFree the right to display and store the Content you provide.

Now, I *know* they have that in there as a "if you post it, we can display it" thing and not "all your words belong to us," but I wanted to make sure.

What do folks think? Go with Invision, or find another way?

[pathele]

I'm with you Mickey Finn.  Is there some way we can get clarification as to their intent before we start? 
Other than that, I'm cool with it.

-paul