Activity on non-VN portion of AN

[gerald_mcdonald]

When are people expecting an influx of users to arrive?

It seems as though virtually everyone who is using AN is a VNe'r?

do the administrators/mods got any ideas?

...just curious?

when do we expect them to be beaming with activity?

[Souljette_93]

it would take a bit of time, AN is still new. I'm sure when VN was first setup it took time for it to grow. But other than that, I don't really know =p

[gerald_mcdonald]

it would take a bit of time, AN is still new. I'm sure when VN was first setup it took time for it to grow. But other than that, I don't really know =p

how long did has VN been here? do you know?
do you think it will take a long time for AN overall to receive new members for the non VCE sections?

could it be empty like this for more years to come?

is everyone optimistic or pessimistic about this?

[taiga]

I personally think that if we leave it alone there is no way that it will expand, but there are some things which I reckon can draw users in.

[iNerd]

I personally think that if we leave it alone there is no way that it will expand, but there are some things which I reckon can draw users in.

Elaborate on these 'some things' o wise one?

[mikael]

I personally think that if we leave it alone there is no way that it will expand, but there are some things which I reckon can draw users in.

Elaborate on these 'some things' o wise one?

Yes, I'm interested too!

What have you planned?

[Predator]

I believe that AN will take a while to grow.
It will also need growth by people talking about it which may take a while since most members here are from Victoria.
It may take months or it may take a year or two.

[pi]

Could have got something here to kick things off against BoS

[Souljette_93]

how long did has VN been here? do you know?
do you think it will take a long time for AN overall to receive new members for the non VCE sections?

could it be empty like this for more years to come?

is everyone optimistic or pessimistic about this?

Not too sure, I think this is it's fifth year. I'm sure everyone's optimistic.


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[taiga]

I posted a thread in suggestions called "Streamlining ATARNotes" , such that the boards weren't divided, categories were more broad, and students would be able to discuss aspects of their own courses which are similar to those in other states.

There is not that much reason why a VCE Maths Methods student cant answer some SACE Maths Methods questions, or a student studying Maths at a University isn't able to help students in other states in any applicable Maths Subject.

A lot of texts for English between states are similar, and some subjects eg. "VET", LOTE etc. are EXACTLY the same in different states.

So questions to do with Chemistry from any state would go in a communal Chemistry board, and question specifically to do with VCE Chemistry (eg. Exam papers) would go in it's on sub-board.

Some people say we should take it slow, but I don't think that will realistically work, this straight away makes it such that there is a community READY for students from other states. At the moment we seem to be sitting down and hoping that some day 4 students from another state see this website, and start telling all their mates.

The website as a whole would have greater pulling power, and if successful would allow for notes between different states to be exchanged, and in all in all would just allow for a better experience.

[mystikal]

i rkn it is just word of mouth... i mean if we made an effort to spread the word that AN is a national forum not just melbourne (coz it started as just VCE) but ye all these things take time, i dont think  VN go to the point it is today that quickly, from memory i think it was around a year when things really got going.

A way too speed things up could be just doing a tour type of thing (havings like seminars at cetain schools)... send emails to every school in the nation. Send an email to education departments in each state sayin that there is a new resource helping students. Get something in the paper if u haev connections like....a news article or sumthing coz this really will help the nations school kids.  I also think once things get up and going... u cud always have like state moderators or sumthing .

[taiga]

The thing is that people in other states need to have the initiative to start something, because at the moment (as of this point of time right now) there appears to be close to nothing which we can offer them academically, because they will generally be oblivious to the bustling activity going on in the VN portion of the forum.

Sending out info to schools in my opinion is rather wishful thinking, the school itself doesn't have much reason to spread the word. They DO have that incentive with VN (it was advertised by some staff at my previous school) as it already has a bunch of stuff to help students academically, asking schools to advertise to kids that there is an empty forum and they have to do a LOT of work/spreading to get something out of it is far too great of an ask...
Yes, it can happen, but whilst in their final years of schooling it would be a hard task to find a group of kids with enough initiative to try make something of their state forum out of nothing.

We DO get some kids from other states signing up, but at the moment they have not got much reason to stay.

That said, I think moving OGD to the national forum, and UMAT etc to the national board is very much a positive step

[chrisjb]

Just wait for BoS to crash again...

[iNerd]

Just wait for BoS to crash again...

[iamtom]

I definitely agree with taiga, in that the website needs to be more streamlined. It's pretty confusing at the moment.