Re: Regional Forums
^^ How would you do that? Like suppose I log on, do I enter a forum via the city of my interest or do I first enter say, All Views and then go into a specific city? Or are they going to be separate sections and all the current forums will link to those?
Sorry, lekin roza lag raha hai 
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Seems like a good idea. Why not go for it.I think it would be very useful
Azkar Bhai just put up large MAP like so with active buttons for major Cities:
Good idea, but these regional forums should complement and build upon what you already have, and not replace it. The cosmopolitan nature of the forums should not be undermined. A poster is not always interested in only one regional/cultural perspective when she posts a new thread or asks for opinions about some issue. Some of the forums like Cafe`, All Views, World Affairs, Culture, Life etc. should continue to welcome participation from everyone across the cultural spectrum. Regional forums in itself could be a very good idea though. This could also encourage people with more regional outlooks.
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Remember .. there is no threat to the content body of the current forums. i suspect there will be little traffic in these forums at the beginning .. the idea is simple. talk about local stuff. like hotels. rental cars. food. experience. current affairs. events. get togethers. politics of the city. job offers. anything that talks about the particular city. think of its the min version of craigslist for GS. but with a talk/write/board twist.
and thanks to Sagar for the wonderful suggestion. we may have a map based quickie to quickly take you right to your fav city.
lets keep talking for a bit more and keep 'em nice suggestions coming.
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each regional forum will have a governer and sub region will have a mayor and they will be elected by members of that forum only.
okay that part i just made up...
..or did I hmmmmmmmmmm
aur jiss keh aas parros main koi guppie naa rehtaa ho, woh akeyley kia karey 
waisey , is there going to be a single board where we could post message, or we could open threads like here in forums]
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no offense…but I don’t think it will be very successful. Dont ask why…I cant get my thoughts together right now.
Me too 
haan na:phati: we will get to see more of fight n to calling name:khumar:
is there going to b a ksa group:sadiyah: or just places within pak:vivo:
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Worldwide. As long as there are members from a place and they can post stuff pertaining to their region, it's a go.
:)
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a perfect example would have been to discuss the hurricane ike events in houston. we survived a massive storm. eye passed right on top of us. check where area code 77059 is ;)
In my own views, the success of it will highly depend upon the interest of members. How do they want to participate and share the critical information that can be useful...
Case in point, my ownself ... Working as a consultant, I have been moving around all over east coast and mid west for past 2 years and few months... A portal where I can get all such information regarding mosques, food, gorcery, places to visit.. nearby main attractions etc. will serve a great deal... but then, only if I am moving to a major metro city... so far it is mainly and primarily islamicfinder ... and a few other sites :D
If the majority is honestly dedicated, it can be a real success...
Same here, I agree completely. :)
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OK, maybe it’s a good idea after all 
some visitor stats might help as we near the creation of these regional forums:
for the past 7 months, top 10 countries
[quote]
1 United States
2 United Kingdom
3 Pakistan
4 Canada
5 India
6 United Arab Emirates
7 Australia
8 Saudi Arabia
9 Germany
10 Netherlands
[/quote]
for the past 7 months, top 50 cities
[quote]
1 (not set)
2 Lahore
3 Karachi
4 London
5 Karachi
6 Dubayy
7 Toronto
8 London
9 Islamabad
10 Faisalabad
11 Riyadh
12 Etobicoke
13 Birmingham
14 Mumbai
15 New Delhi
16 Poplar
17 New York
18 Abu Dhabi
19 Rawalpindi
20 Hyderabad
21 Doha
22 Chennai
23 Brooklyn
24 Bangalore
25 Sydney
26 Wembley
27 Manchester
28 Birmingham
29 North York
30 Peshawar
31 Weston
32 Delhi
33 Calgary
34 New Delhi
35 Abu Dhabi
36 Poplar
37 Brampton
38 Kandivli
39 Wembley
40 Melbourne
41 Kuwait
42 Leeds
43 Jiddah
44 Montreal
45 Houston
46 Sydney
47 Chicago
48 Oslo
49 Pune
50 East York
[/quote]
The question is: Should we start with top 10? 20? or a major metro schema? Case in example: US was the largest contributor but none of its cities are even in top 15. The reason is that US is a large country with several smaller cities producing the GS traffic. But anyway, you guys get a picture and some insight into challanges that my executive team runs into when making these kinds of changes. Keep talking and we are listening. aho.
-ac
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what about Ireland :pcg:
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what about Seattle 
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DUBAI!!!
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Azkar Bhai i think i have idea just for the United State but it can be implemented on other countries as well.
we should start with captiol city of each state. Since you are in texas let me give you example for texas. Austin will be captiol of the state. but we have many so many guppies from Houston and DALLAS so we should define the criteria to create the new city. For example, if we have more than five guppies from Houston then we can add the new city in our map along with austin.
In similar way we can apply the same concept in other countries.