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"PA forum will be closing down"
ssrhythm:
Oh noooo! I just finished up a bow for my son. His first bow was the first bow I ever built, and it was stolen or lost three years ago. This new bow is the best tillering job I've pulled off yet, and I was hoping to enter it into the BOTM contest, somehow get lucky enough to win, and get the magazine with its picture and story for him to have forever. Longshot, I know, but a man can dream.
But enough of my selfishness, there is so much knowledge on here and the advice and simple online camaraderie is far, far too valuable to just let evaporate. My late dear friend, brother, bandmate, and fellow outdoorsman started a website back when the infancy of the innerweb, and I know from discussions with the co-founders of the site that running a website properly costs money and is a lot of hard work. I do not know enough about computers and technology to even try to run a forum like this, but maybe someone on here does and can take over the website portion from the PA folks?
If not, maybe I can talk to the current owners of the website/forum my bud created and see if there is a way to add a Primitive Archery forum to the site with subforms. I don't know what that would entail, but maybe it could happen. The site is called SCDucks.com, and despite having a large number of members from all over, it remains a tight-knit online family with respectful members...very unlike ArcheryTalk and similar forums. The site, as is, is a great site for outdoorsmen, and I know there are a few trad bow hunters on there and even one guy who is a knapper.
I don't know if something like this could work or not. I just hope we can continue to have a place to have the discussions we currently have on here now. Let me know what you think about the possibility/feasability of someone taking over and running this website as is or moving our communications/community to an existing forum under a PA forum with sub forums, and I'll float the idea to the owners of SCDucks in the meantime.
Muskyman:
I hope something happens to keep it going. I’d hate to lose all the great info and people on here. It’s probably the only site I get on, and do so daily, if for nothing else just to see what others are building or watch their progress. I’ve learned a lot from the great people on here. If it happens , a big thank you to all that have given help, advice and encouragement.
sleek:
Will the site be archived? Can we crowd fund to finance it to keep running? This page has done so much to advance archery and build friendships, as well as archive the communications of those no longer with us, how can we lose it?
superdav95:
Yup the thing to do is to at least archive it so we don’t lose it all like sleek says. We then need to be proactive in finding a solution like ssrthim says and have someone manage the site and forum and discussion pages. There is too much valuable information here with the community here on pa. I’ve been to other sites over the years and this one for me is the one I go to and visit daily. Good bunch of guys and gals! Please count me in for any crowd funding options and or discussion.
StickMark:
These old school blue pages have taught me much. Horrible news.
So long.
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