RE: Deleted Boards

[Clara Hinton]

Dear Silent Grief Family,

You asked, and I'm answering (or at least trying to!)

I've been making some changes to the SG Message Boards in an attempt to better meet your needs.

I have deleted the following boards:
1. Families of Military
2. Single Parents After Loss
3. Moving Forward
4. A Happy Place
5. Reaching Out

These boards are no longer here due to lack of/very little use.

I am considering removing the following boards:

1. Just For Men
2. Share With Us

The above two boards have very little activity, and often go a month or more without any posting which tells me there isn't a daily need for this type of support on SilentGrief.com.

If there are no strong objections by Friday, these two boards will be removed. Then, I will begin the process of rearranging the message boards, re-wording some, and adding a few of your requests.

PLEASE be sure to post here if you have any more suggestions or any objections to the final two boards I'm considering removing. Thanks!

Love,
Clara
PS I had several requests for the Adoption Board, but am seeing very little activity there. Please help spread the word to your friends about this board. Thanks!

[~2angels~]

I think the changes you are making are good, however, I don't think you should delete the Just for Men board. I understand that it does not get used much, but I really feel like it needs to stay, I would hate to see someone not come here because they did not feel they had a place to fit in.

[Danielle]

I almost think it would be a better to delete the Just For Men board - because it's for men suffering from loss. Hopefully that would redirect them to IHAM or somewhere else where there is more traffic, so they can actually get support. KWIM? I would hate for a guy to get on and post and not have any responses because the board is slower than snails.

[Sam]

"Just for men " board hardly ever gets any traffic, so i have to agree with Clara And Danielle. I have seen men posting on other loss boards more frequently then on" Just for men" . I don't see why is this problem. Pain is universal,,,it doesn't choose gender ...so I'm all for it Clara!

[wuvmyangel93]

I really would like to see the men on the other boards and actually get support when they need it.

[Clara Hinton]

Thanks so much for all of the input! I really, really appreciate you all helping me. ;D

Later on tonight (or early tomorrow morning), I'll make a few more changes as per your requests/suggestions. Hopefully, the changes will all be positive and lend support and encouragement where it's most needed.

Love,
Clara

[Maria!]

I would say to move up the Adoption board under infertility or above it. And then I would go ahead and delete BOTH dad and share with us, those get very little use. Thanks Clara!! LOVE the changes.

[Sam]

I also noticed that Ectopic pregnancy board is at stand still for months now. My suggestion is that ectopic, blighted ovum, ..etc any kind of pregnancy loss should be discussed under general "miscarriage / pregnancy loss board"..nothing specified .
Adoption board sounds great .They are sooo many parents adopting at the moment, therefore i think we will get the attention of many of them.

Sam

[Miss Sunflower]

I agree with Sam.

[ty'smommy]

Apr 22, 2010 15:24:04 GMT -5 Sam said:

I also noticed that Ectopic pregnancy board is at stand still for months now. My suggestion is that ectopic, blighted ovum, ..etc any kind of pregnancy loss should be discussed under general "miscarriage / pregnancy loss board"..nothing specified .
Adoption board sounds great .They are sooo many parents adopting at the moment, therefore i think we will get the attention of many of them.

Sam

I agree as well, otherwise some of us would feel we need more "situation-specific" boards like in my case i would like to have such a board as "I have an incompetent cervix" but i don't think that would be fair because there are so many reasons for losses (miscarriages n still-births) keeping it general is better..