Notice Clubs Report 12-05-16

It's that time again. Another clubs report. If you were tagged here then you must respond about the status of a club that you own or moderate. Club reports detail the status of each club. Such reports detail recent threads, posts, moderator/leader changes and Lince's opinion of each club's status. Clubs in a negative standing (IE: inactive) will face disciplinary action and in extreme cases can face deletion.

The following report is written by @Lince, our sos brigade and clubs director. I will post any commentary and proposed course of action after the report. Club reports are made public discussion as we like members to have input as well. After all, these are the clubs that we all enjoy. If you do not agree with our proposed course of action with inactive clubs then please speak up and let your voice be heard. Deleting a club for being inactive is our last resort for inactive clubs. When clubs are inactive we will first push the leader and moderators to continue putting out content, assign new mods or in some cases even appoint a new club leader.

Here's the full report. For TL;DR skip and read below.

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Group Log

[Years for all dates are 2016 unless otherwise stated]

AMV Editors:
Last 3 posts: 11/15, 10/27, 10/22

Saywut claimed on 10/22 that he was going to have the club be more active. Since then, there have been two posts.


Anime Cafe:
Last 3 posts: 10/20, 10/20, 10/26

Natsu has been spotty with being active on the forums of late. There have been barely any club acitivites or discussions for quite a while.


Comic Book Club:
Last 3 posts: 10/9, 10/12, 11/6

Barely active at all. Karma has been removed as moderator, leaving just Spor and I as moderators.


Ecchi Lovers United:
Last 3 posts: All 12/3

This club has become more active recently, although it has gone through long sessions of inactivity in the past. Should be fine as long as the leaders cotinue to post.


Film Club:
Last 3 posts: 10/19, 10/23, 12/4

Generally inactive. I'm not sure how active BK can be for this club considering he's staff now.


Designer's Club:
Last 3 posts: 10/21, 10/22, 12/3

Vishal has been removed as a moderator [Idk why he was a mod in the first place]. Barely active and Crazy and Jay haven't done anything of late.


Community Club:
Last 3 posts: 5/9, 5/9, 11/7

Club really has no reason to exist anymore. The only thread that's semi-active is "Who are you" and that can be put in off topic. This club has the same mods as the Film club, which is concerning as well.


Manga Club:
Last 3 posts: 2/24/, 3/24, 12/3

Not active at all. Metazoxan just lurks now, and this club has no leadership. I hate to say it, but this club should be dispersed and instead should be made into a forum section imo.


Music Club:
Last 3 posts: 11/29, 12/3, 12/3

Roy is a very good club admin because he consistently puts out new threads. Even though they don't generate a ton of activity, you can tell he's trying. Keep doing what you're doing Roy!


New Release Club:
Last 3 posts: 11/29, 11/29, 12/5

The General Discussion is basically the only active thread, and it's moderately active at best. This is a troubling trend for a club that used to be one of the most active on the forums. Maybe it's just a couple of slow anime seasons, but I have to hold them to the same standards.


RP Club:
Last 3 posts: All 12/5

The most active club on the forum by far. Ella is a great club leader and consistently updates me on who needs badges so I can hand them out. All good here.


Study Club:
Last 3 posts: 11/29, 11/29, 12/3

Kaede is a good club leader who posts a lot of interesting topics related to learning every so often. Her last threads came in a bunch on 11/27. There was a big gap in activity early in the club's life, but it looks as though things are going to change.


Tabletop Guild:
Last 3 posts: 9/3, 10/12, 12/3

Barely active. I've removed Znelson as a moderator. Pretty much since it's inception, there has been barely any actvity.


Light Novel CLub:
Last 3 posts: All pre 2016 [which is really bad]

Club is a failed experiment with a leader who hasn't been here in over a year. This club can safely be deleted.


The Midnight Channel:
Last 3 posts: 11/18, 11/20, 11/26

This is Spor's club, so I assume he's got an idea of what he wants to do with it. Activity among the members has been down, however, and that's troubling.


Video Game Club:
Last 3 posts: 11/26, 11/30, 12/3

Not a lot of activity to be honest, despite the dates of the last 3 posts. There are also 4 mods for this club [not including me], so Im curious as to how there aren't more events planned.


Weekly Avi/Sig Club:
Last 3 posts: 3/5, 10/26, 10/30

This club was a nice idea, but in practice it doesn't really generate a ton of activity. Also, Kiri is the mod of it, so I'm not sure what she wants to do with it. This club started out as more of a trend, so it doesn't really make sense to keep it around after the trend has passed imo.

Here's what I propose.

AMV - @sayWut is there anything in particular to be done with the club?

Anime Cafe - @Natsu with your prolonged inactivity would you be fine with someone else running the club?

Comic Book Club - My failed attempt at a club. Posts will be moved to off topic and the club will be deleted.

Ecchi - No action.

Film Club - @BK-201 do you plan on putting out any activity with this club soon?

Designers club - @Crazy Potato do you plan on putting out any activity with this club soon?

Community Club - This club used to serve a purpose, but since it no longer does posts will be moved to off topic and the club will be deleted

Manga Club - @Metazoxan do you plan on putting out any activity with this club soon?

Music Club - No action.

New Release Club - @Supernatural-Knight just a few bad anime seasons this year? It's troubling seeing this club as inactive as it is.

RP Club - No action.

Study Club - No action.

Table Top Guild - @BaconMan8910 do you plan on putting out any activity with this club soon?

Light Novel Club - Posts will be moved to off topic and the club will be deleted unless someone wants to run it.

TMC - No action.

Video Game Club - @ShadowLinks @VeritasOdiumParit @Severus @Miss Elegent Serenity do you plan on putting out any activity with this club soon? This club could be a lot more active if moderators or members would be willing to schedule weekly activities in games that everyone play.

Weekly Avi and Sig Club - @Kiri do you plan on putting out any activity with this club soon?

 

I'd like to take this moment to thank all my amazing RPers for all their post and for helping me keep the club active, with out all of us the club would be dead thanks guys




As for the video game club I tried to resurrect it but even with making a skype chat in hopes to get more involved, it just died or others never joined

 

You know I feel this part is more accurate. Ignoring the designs specific, who is actually active on the forum anymore in an area that isn't either the asylum or the elimination threads? Our numbers are dwindling as our older members are starting to pay less attention now too [hell even Shogun hasn't logged in for a few months]. We are somehow keeping the forum active enough but certain areas just can't keep up anymore like they use to.

I'm sad to see my club suffer, but being all about subs on a dubbed website we were at a disadvantage in the first place. I think the anime these last few seasons have been fine, but people seem to have lost the drive to discuss them or the passion to watch anime in the first place.
It doesn't help that most of the top posters are pretty inactive now as well. 36 members in my club and I only really see 6 log into JAN daily, it is an alarming stat.
I don't know if it can be fixed but I won't let it fade away into the nothingness just yet. The general discussion is the most active for a reason. Instead of branching into multiple unsuccessful threads with very few posts I'm currently focussing on just keeping one vital thread alive. Any other thoughts or recommendations anyone can suggest to bring activity back to it? I'm all ears.

 

Nope @Negi-Springfield no notifications as you edited your post and deleted the other one. I saw this because I check every thread. Why skip this season though? It has some very interesting shows airing. I don't even know what next season is really bringing so I don't have any plans on what we'll be doing for it just yet....
Probably the same thing as the current season, just asking what everyone is watching and seeing how good things are that we aren't watching though.

 

For those that need help with clubs. Here are a few tips from my end
1) get rid of unnecessary clutter in the club- basically do a 2 month rule or something (mine is 2 months) If there is a thread in the club that has had no replies for 2 months, archive it. You don't have to delete it, just remove it from public view. Only the admins and mods of the club can view the archived threads. This helps keep things neat and people don't have to go through all the dead activities an feel awkward about it. If there is a dead thread that a few people take interest in, reboot it (revive it by just creating a new thread and add reboot) this is a good way to give the topic new life. We have rebooted several RP's because several retook interest in them or wanted to start it back up by giving it a completely different plot line.

2) create new topics if one dies- keep things interesting. Topic die, it happens, it even happens in our RP's. So instead of just leaving it there to sit and fade away, archive it and create a new idea, discussion or topic. This keeps people interested. They see a new topic in the club of their choice and if it spikes their interest and bam you get replies.

3) be active in your club- the biggest issue is clubs are created and then the creators get bored with it or no longer have time to do what needs to be done to keep them going. To keep a club going, as a club owner, it is your responsibility to come up with more topics, post replies to people, be social. You cant just make a thread and not get involved in it. If you are unable to keep up with the club, find someone who is willing to either take over the club for you or help you maintain it. I have switched up mods from time to time just to keep things going. If I am unable to be active (which in several cases I have) I know I can rely on a select few of my members to keep it going in my absence.

4)Host events-you don't have to hand out prizes, bragging rights is usually good enough. just come up with some event that others can participate in. IE-Designers club- post a thread asking artistic people if they would be interested in doing a competition. Pair everyone up in 2's maybe create a bracket and see who is the better artist. Get others involved by having them vote. I'm sure if you ask @Sporadic, we can advertise them on the site and link everyone to the club, same with advertising them on the FB page. There are a lot of possibilities it's just thinking of the right way to get people interested.
AMV's editors same idea as designers but making AMVs

Video game club. We just need to get people that are interested in the same games to post threads. Maybe we can just post a few different popular games and leave it open to the public to chat away about it. Once we get a feel as to who plays what game, can host a weekly or even monthly event where everyone plays together for fun.

Unfortunately there are some clubs that might have a hard time coming back, but that all depends on the owners and their willingness to make it happen. Hopefully this will help

 

Now that we have chatango on the forum, we could always post the events there. We have anywhere between 200-500 people in there mostly. I know when we do TMC, that seems to be where some of our audiences is. Post your events in there, get them interested in joining the forum. That is where we can gain more members. I will do what I can on the FB end, so if anyone comes up with ideas and needs them posted, I can post them there to see if anyone where would be interested in. One way of another we need to get more members, get this place back up to its full potential.

 

@Crazy Potato I'd be willing to have a sig battle soon. maybe something fun for Christmas?