New K1 subforums?

[Captain Ewok 1,900]

It is created and I am moving threads posted in the last week or so that are applicable.

[Captain Ewok 1,900]

Can anyone comment on how easy the new section is to find? Should we make it a regular forum and not a sub forum? etc... let me know .

[no name 1]

Can anyone comment on how easy the new section is to find? Should we make it a regular forum and not a sub forum? etc... let me know .

I think it's kind of hard to see - perhaps a bigger/black font? Also, I see a NOA2 msg in the normal K1 forum, doens't that get moved to the new one as well?

[Alex+R 0]

After you do what you need to do to take action, IMO it's best to be zen about the process.

Of course I can't speak for John&Diana, but in my case, I tried - but it was very very hard. At least if I was going to do more than have a cursory glance at VJ. Not coming here at all helped a bit, but by then, Pandora's box had already been opened.

Do you remember VJ being so 'date driven' when you went through the service center, Alex + R?

Wow, this is 15 pages long. I haven't seen what comes after page 3 yet but to answer your question, no I wasn't really. I thought it would take a long time so I mentally prepared to wait 5 months for approval. After that it might have gotten difficult. But there were no "monthly filer" threads or whatever when I was going through that part of the journey. K1 forum was mostly filled with people confused about IMBRA.

[Mags 112]

I can see it fine...but then I know my way around VJ. Don't know how easy it would be for a gnubee to find it though. I know that when I first joined VJ I found the whole site rather overwhelming. That may be why gnubees tend to just post in the K-1 forum at first. *shrugs* It is at the top, most are applying for K-1 and it is easy for them to find. Just my $0.02c

[rebeccajo 14]

I agree with Dev about needing a similar sub-forum in AOS.

While it's not as tough to find relevant material, there's enough "I got NOA1" and "I got my interview" threads to make a new sub-forum timely.

Can the OP's of such threads just get a PM to tell them the thread was moved? The clutter is still there.

AND.....with all due respect....

Unless you give a select group of members power to moderate behavior, I think you are going to continue to see the exodus of senior members.

Edited March 28, 2007 by rebeccajo

[no name 1]

AND.....with all due respect...

Unless you give a select group of members power to moderate behavior, I think you are going to continue to see the exodus of senior members.

I think we've reached, or are reaching, a number of conclusions that go rather beyond giving a handful of members the right to move posts around. First there has to be somewhere to move them to if they're in a bad place rather than just a wrong one, second there are issues of structure, thirds there are issues of direction, purpose and control..... are we to have no progress on those, or are the concerns raised here not worthy of consideration?

[Mags 112]

Okay, maybe this is stupid question but why is there such a lack of an inclination to have moderators on this site? I understand all about the previous problems and why they were removed but wasn't that in the past?

Surely those issues are no longer current?

[TracyTN 237]

Can anyone comment on how easy the new section is to find? Should we make it a regular forum and not a sub forum? etc... let me know .

I think it's kind of hard to see - perhaps a bigger/black font? Also, I see a NOA2 msg in the normal K1 forum, doens't that get moved to the new one as well?

Agreed on the darker/bigger font. Other than that, its fabulouso!

Oh and how many 'movers' do we have?

[Mags 112]

Incidentally, in my opinion, if mods were ever chosen (I mean mods, not movers) they have to be universally respected, liked and pleasant. From my own personal experience if you pick someone who isn't respected and is controversial it can cause a massive exodus of members.

Again, just my $0.02c!

[Marilyn. 340]

Incidentally, in my opinion, if mods were ever chosen (I mean mods, not movers) they have to be universally respected, liked and pleasant. From my own personal experience if you pick someone who isn't respected and is controversial it can cause a massive exodus of members.

Again, just my $0.02c!

therein lies part of the problem.. how is a person to decide who can be a moderator...??

[ChasUK 0]

Okay, maybe this is stupid question but why is there such a lack of an inclination to have moderators on this site? I understand all about the previous problems and why they were removed but wasn't that in the past?

Surely those issues are no longer current?

I kinda asked exactly the same question and my post was deleted. Presumably because I mentioned "those issues" more specifically.

I don't profess to understand why, but just accept. The wall I banged my head on caved in.

I think, however, that finally this thread has achieved something positive. The solution will inevitably need some tweaking to make everyone as "happy" with it as they can be.

What amazes me is how long it took to get there. As I said before, it's a relatively simple problem and the solution as we are seeing it is a relatively simple one too.

Why does it have to be like mating elephants? Everything done at the highest level with a massive amount of screaming noise?

[no name 1]

Incidentally, in my opinion, if mods were ever chosen (I mean mods, not movers) they have to be universally respected, liked and pleasant. From my own personal experience if you pick someone who isn't respected and is controversial it can cause a massive exodus of members.

Again, just my $0.02c!

Why do we need to know who the mods are? They shouldn't be known in my opinion, or should have an alias.

Edited March 28, 2007 by devilette

[GrenadianCrix 2]

Can anyone comment on how easy the new section is to find? Should we make it a regular forum and not a sub forum? etc... let me know .

I just got back home and didn't realize the new section was put up yet, but I saw the announcement and clicked on it. I wasn't sure what I was looking at...whether I was in the new section or not, but I clicked the link and then realized what was going on. For those that may see this before they have their coffee in the morning, maybe a hint that clicking that link will bring them to the section would be helpful.

Other than that, the new home seems cozy. I'm sure it will work out just fine.

And TracyTN,

I don't think you are the one who is having a hard time getting your point across, I think it's me...sorry about that. I didn't mean that I thought you were somehow mad at VSC filers, I was just commenting that I really hope we can clear the air between all of us. There were comments made by others on that thread that can make people with fast timelines feel so bad about somehow getting the premium service that it can serve to begin a divide. Your right, I don't know what it's like to wait month after month in USCIS, but that is not to say my process will happen like that straight through, in fact it has already taken a detour at the Embassy. When I began this process I did not expect the rapid approval, in fact I was hunkered down to wait it out for months like everyone else. But as you all mentioned, I have nothing to do with the USCIS offices.

One more point (not directed at you Tracy)...please don't hang all of us newcomers as wanting to be spoonfed. I had my entire packet ready to go before I found VJ. I spent months reading the State.gov and USCIS sites to decipher it all. It wasn't until the night before I was mailing out the packet did I find VJ, I am so lucky I did, I found from reading the guides that I had made a few mistakes in my packet and that my I-129F form had expired. I know that withouth VJ I would not be sitting here with a USCIS approval today. And to be completly honest. I look up info or ask questions on this site, but I don't really believe any of it until I verify it through another source (Embassy, USCIS, etc) This is my K-1 petition, I wouldn't dream of leaving it up to whoever decided on answering me. I know I have made mistakes in advice before! I know the types of questions you are all talking about, and sometimes I wonder how stupid some people are...but just because some of us are newer doesn't mean we are all like that.

OK, 'nuf said.

Sue.

Edited March 28, 2007 by GrenadianCrix

[Mags 112]

Incidentally, in my opinion, if mods were ever chosen (I mean mods, not movers) they have to be universally respected, liked and pleasant. From my own personal experience if you pick someone who isn't respected and is controversial it can cause a massive exodus of members.

Again, just my $0.02c!

therein lies part of the problem.. how is a person to decide who can be a moderator...??

I know, that IS a problem. However, there are a few on this site that fit that criteria IMO. In fact, most of them are already "movers".