Virtual Teen Newsletter

[Jupiter]

I think we should have a newsletter, and hold positions for it. I think it'd be really cool, having a bunch of different subjects, maybe even a post of the week, you catch my drift. I saw that it was brought up before and no one really signed up for it, I would if it was brought up again. Please take this into consideration. :)
Thanks,
Bogumil

[Infidelitas]

This is what the VT HQ is for. I dont think its needed

[Jupiter]

Well, I thought it could be more like a PDF type thing, and like an editor put it all together, and uploaded it.

[Foamy]

I agree with Charlie. But if there's a large "want" for it I'll b in. Maybe.

[Jupiter]

Well, I just kinda thought it'd be a good idea. I guess now. We could possibly delete VT chronical and make it a PDF, you see?

[secretly_secret]

What the heck would we put in it?

[Jupiter]

Things like updates, and VT anniversaries, birthdays, and posts of the week, member of the week,major things around the world

[TheMatrix]

If I wanted to, I could create a site for this. Maybe not even such a crazy idea...

I'll think about it.

[Jupiter]

Yay, I got one of the coolest mods to agree :) and hes my age. even better :)

[TheMatrix]

Yay, I got one of the coolest mods to agree :) and hes my age. even better :)
I'm not making any promises just yet :P

[Infidelitas]

The whole point in having the VT chronicle is that people can post news themselves. There would also be issues with publishing it, thats extra work staff have to do.

[Jupiter]

I'm not making any promises just yet :P

I know, but... its better than "no.. you suck." :)

[Unsolvedmind]

I will sign (up) if it's approved :D ;D

[Carlyle]

Hmm It says Thomas isn't a mod on my screen.. weird.. Anyways, sure, I like the idea. Though Auroras point is true, people couldn't post news themselves if it was all done by a couple people.

[Jupiter]

its cuz thomas's mod thing only shows up in general discussions.

[Carlyle]

Oh I see.. Sorry, didn't know that.

[SimplyTom]

if it goes ahead im up for it

[Amaryllis]

You should make a poll, eric. So people can vote yes or no. I don't think it's such a bad idea, to be honest. You'd need some volunteers though. Good writers, editors, people who know what they're doing. I'm up for it. It'd be good practice for me :)

[Sage]

This was attempted before and didn't go anywhere.

[Donkey]

This was attempted before and didn't go anywhere.
The same thing with the podcasts. The members either get banned and stop doing it, get bored and give up or produce something crappy to begin with. I've never seen anything like this actually work.

[Jupiter]

You should make a poll, eric. So people can vote yes or no. I don't think it's such a bad idea, to be honest. You'd need some volunteers though. Good writers, editors, people who know what they're doing. I'm up for it. It'd be good practice for me :)

Okay, I will. And, if this is a go, I'll see if you, me, and SimplyTom can be on it :)

[Amaryllis]

Okay, I will. And, if this is a go, I'll see if you, me, and SimplyTom can be on it :)

If they do it(which I doubt), it'd be better if we all just applied for it. Like a mod position, you know? You gotta be good for the job. Better to have no newsletter at all than a really crappy one.

[Jupiter]

If they do it(which I doubt), it'd be better if we all just applied for it. Like a mod position, you know? You gotta be good for the job. Better to have no newsletter at all than a really crappy one.

That's what I meant. :)

[Shenron]

The same thing with the podcasts. The members either get banned and stop doing it, get bored and give up or produce something crappy to begin with. I've never seen anything like this actually work.

Unfortunately this is true. I hate to say it but if this idea is implemented I think it would be cool and work for a while, but then people would move on and stop doing it. It would be a good bit of work depending on how many people were on the team. I think this has its uses and it would be nice to have but like I said, while it may be good in theory I just don't think it will work in application.

[SosbanFach]

I like the idea, in a way, but tell me, what sort of content would be in it?

[Jupiter]

I like the idea, in a way, but tell me, what sort of content would be in it?

Things that are in VT Daily Chronicle. Also, member of the week, umm.. other things like jobs, post of the week, updates, mod position openings, just easier to read.

[SosbanFach]

I'm not sure about things in the VT chronicle; there are those things known as newspapers for that, and professional journalists will be able to do far better at writing them up than anyone here. Member of the week, on the other hand, sounds like an intriguing idea.

[Jupiter]

I'm not sure about things in the VT chronicle; there are those things known as newspapers for that, and professional journalists will be able to do far better at writing them up than anyone here. Member of the week, on the other hand, sounds like an intriguing idea.

Also, there could be like an advice column, opinion column, and picture column. you see, and just... yeah.

[Shenron]

I'm not sure about things in the VT chronicle; there are those things known as newspapers for that, and professional journalists will be able to do far better at writing them up than anyone here. Member of the week, on the other hand, sounds like an intriguing idea.

Well, the OP is talking about a newsletter for VT...I could be wrong but I don't think professional journalists are abundantly available in our community. Something by members for members is perfectly fine in this case, the question is, will they be committed and actually keep up with it.

[Jupiter]

Well, the OP is talking about a newsletter for VT...I could be wrong but I don't think professional journalists are abundantly available in our community. Something by members for members is perfectly fine in this case, the question is, will they be committed and actually keep up with it.

EXACTLY. Thank you.

[SosbanFach]

I really didn't make myself at all clear, did I? :P

What I meant was that it would be somewhat pointless to include stories from the VTDC, because that is for world news, and if a member wanted world news, they would do better picking up a newspaper, or logging on to a news website, for example the BBC, Times online or the NY Times.

Sorry about that.

[Jupiter]

I really didn't make myself at all clear, did I? :P

What I meant was that it would be somewhat pointless to include stories from the VTDC, because that is for world news, and if a member wanted world news, they would do better picking up a newspaper, or logging on to a news website, for example the BBC, Times online or the NY Times.

Sorry about that.

OOOOOH, i understand. But we may only include a couple ways. And they might want to see a teens POV on this.

[Shenron]

I really didn't make myself at all clear, did I? :P

What I meant was that it would be somewhat pointless to include stories from the VTDC, because that is for world news, and if a member wanted world news, they would do better picking up a newspaper, or logging on to a news website, for example the BBC, Times online or the NY Times.

Sorry about that.

Ah I see, I understand you now. I think maybe what would work better would be to select a few stories from VTDC and include the thread titles in the newsletter under a header. Maybe "Top VTDC News" or something. Also, the effectiveness of this would depend on how often a new issue of this is supposed to come out.

[SosbanFach]

Ah I see, I understand you now. I think maybe what would work better would be to select a few stories from VTDC and include the thread titles in the newsletter under a header. Maybe "Top VTDC News" or something. Also, the effectiveness of this would depend on how often a new issue of this is supposed to come out.

Hm, maybe. It shouldn't make up the majority of he newsletter, though. I'd say restrict it to only the top news story at the time of publication.

[Shenron]

Hm, maybe. It shouldn't make up the majority of he newsletter, though. I'd say restrict it to only the top news story at the time of publication.

Makes sense. Like I said, I wouldn't even publish full stories from VTDC in the newsetter, or if I did it would be only one story.

[SosbanFach]

Makes sense. Like I said, I wouldn't even publish full stories from VTDC in the newsetter, or if I did it would be only one story.

Agreed, first paragraph or so of the top story, then a link to the full thread.

[Blind]

Im not really sure I like this idea.

[Angel Androgynous]

I think it's a neat idea, but I am not sure how it would work, how long it will last, or if the members would even care for it. :P

[Jupiter]

i put up a poll.. but it got taken down. 4 people voted. 1 said no, 3 said yes.

[Jess]

I also like the idea, but I don't think it will last very long. the Podcasts thing didn't.

Eric, add a poll to this topic. should be under Thread Tools

[Angel Androgynous]

i put up a poll.. but it got taken down. 4 people voted. 1 said no, 3 said yes.

Instead of making a new thread for the poll, ask a mod to make one in this thread. c:

[Jess]

actually, I'm pretty sure the OP can add a poll to this thread without a mod

EDIT: never mind, I see a mod creating a poll -_-

[Donkey]

Added a two week poll to the thread

[Jupiter]

actually, I'm pretty sure the OP can add a poll to this thread without a mod

EDIT: never mind, I see a mod creating a poll -_-

well i learned something new today.. I can make polls on existing threads. hmm..

It seems the votes are almost split...

[Wonder.]

I think it's a good idea. It could be fun and interesting. Even if it only lasted for a couple months, no harm is done, right? Plus, I know there's people here who would work on it.

If it doesn't work, then just stop it. It's not like it's going to be some big, complicated thing.

[Jupiter]

I think it's a good idea. It could be fun and interesting. Even if it only lasted for a couple months, no harm is done, right? Plus, I know there's people here who would work on it.

If it doesn't work, then just stop it. It's not like it's going to be some big, complicated thing.

Exactly, I say... LET"S DO ITTTT

[PureReality]

Maybe like a monthly newsletter - I love the idea but to pull it off would be challenging.

[Jupiter]

or a weekly one

[Wonder.]

I think biweekly would be best. It would be way to hard to do a weekly one, and a month is a long time. A lot could happen in a month.

[Jupiter]

Why would weekly be hard? I don't think it would be.

[Wonder.]

Well, depending on how many people work on it, and what exactly would be in it, it could be fairly simple, or it could take some time to put together. It all depends on every little thing.

Plus, even if it would be easy to do, there would always be some cases where you would need more time, to even things out.

Weekly is possible, but every two weeks gives more room.

[Jupiter]

Good point

[PureReality]

Eh, I still say monthly. It's not like a bajillion people would be participating... Maybe just like ten, fifteen and it would give them TIME to write it. Biweekly would be challenging for some people with not enough time. Weekly, eh.

When you say biweekly, do you mean one every two weeks or twice a week? Cause if you mean every two weeks, that would be good but if it was released each month, it could be a specific date like each 1st, or 3rd, whatever.

[Jupiter]

Bi-weekly is every 2 weeks. Bi weekly could be like.. every other thrusday

[Ender]

Hasnt' this been suggested before? And then an admin suggested a diary for it.

[Syvelocin]

I like it, but I do agree it'll probably be dropped after a while. And as well, I'd like it to be more like a, well, newsletter, instead of a school paper or something. Drop the world news, stick to birthdays, mod openings, whether for member diaries or the forum, notable threads of the week, maybe even some kind of poll about something relevant, and maybe the opportunity for members of VT who do not do the newsletter to send in an article. By article, I mean more like a way for them to communicate something of interest to everyone else, for instance, a staff member or notable VT member deciding to leave, a remembrance to them, possibly a sort of "advert system" where members could get on a list to have a member diary, forum-based service, blog, whatever featured to fill it up a bit.

I don't know, do whatever. :P But just something with all the fun of a school paper, without the school paper... I hate school papers, there's a reason I left my journalism class half-way through the year when I was in school.

[Blind]

tbh I think Monthly would be best weekly would need alot of committed people and it would take a lot of work to write. With Monthly you would have more time to plan the content of whats going in it if it was weekly you constantly be needing a team to plan whats gonna go in it. You cant just throw stuff in there you need to plan to make it look good so in my opinion weekly is best

[PureReality]

tbh I think Monthly would be best weekly would need alot of committed people and it would take a lot of work to write. With Monthly you would have more time to plan the content of whats going in it if it was weekly you constantly be needing a team to plan whats gonna go in it. You cant just throw stuff in there you need to plan to make it look good so in my opinion weekly is best

Exactly.

[Jupiter]

Exactly.

I sent a message to an admin, seeing if he would :)

[PureReality]

I sent a message to an admin, seeing if he would :)

Okay, sweet! :yeah:

[Jupiter]

yep, more people need to vote....

[Origami]

I like the idea, but as Jon said on the first page: ideas like this have tried time again and failed. What will make your attempt any different? Furthermore, what would make it worth reading? How would YOU plan to catch the reader's attention every week?

[Neptune]

Seems like a good idea. And people who wanna be journalist could gain some experience (that can't be a source of what you've done in the professional world but it's still experience.) I would read it, if you have good writers.

[redcar]

The idea of a newsletter has been around since day one. The problem is not people getting enthusiastic about it and wanting to take part, it's getting people to do it continually. From my experience people lose interest very quickly.

[Origami]

I'd volunteer for the remaining time I'm here- 'till I feel I'm too old; or unless it's just that worth it. As long as I feel obligated to do it, motivation isn't a factor.

[Fiction]

I think this is a really good idea, and I agree with what Rith said. I think it should be unique to VT rather than a world news sort of thing :)

[Amaryllis]

Weekly, monthly. Monthly's probably a more reasonable goal. You'd have to edit it and all and most of us have school to go to or jobs or other commitments. My social and school life's already dying thanks to VT ;P

-Photographs (Not necessarily just that of the members but those taken by the members. I know I'll like this part and I know quite a number of people on VT who would)
-Funny/smart/motivational quotes from members (I'd love this bit. Lots of y'all say the funniest things that won't fit into my sig.)-Staff corner (Updates, announcements, just saying hi. Whatever the staff wanna say. New people added to the staff, people who retire, schtuff like that.)
-Post/thread of the month (That would be pretty cool. And it'd encourage some members to move out of their comfort zones, maybe.)
-Featured sigs/avies (Mrr. Dunno about this. Just throwing ideas around.)
-New groups (This would be pretty cool. Help promote new groups and stuff. Maybe we could even have a featured group each month)
-Member/s of the month (I think this was a pretty good idea. People like getting acknowledged and feeling all loved. Plus, they'd have to read it to see if they got it.)
-Challenges (For the members and all. Like, it could be a writing challenge, music, posts, sticky challenge, rep, drawing, whatever. It'd be a boredom killer)
-Ask and answer (We could get people for like... Different fields or just one person or a group whatever and people ask questions and we select the best ones and answer them. Give advice or some shiz)
-Member corner (Vote for who it is and all and they could write stuff. Or like the above, people could ask 'em questions. The member could be rotated every month/year/something or just stay the same.)
-Featured song/s (Members could recommend some songs and all. Expand your horizons and shiz. I've started listening to all types of music since I joined VT.)

And loads of other stuff I'm too lazy to write down.

Err, well, there's also the possibility of people being too busy to work on it. Too much effort and people required. People get bored of it. Too confusing. Can't find people who are good/have the skills required. But there's on harm in trying, if it doesn't work, it doesn't. I haven't been here very long so I don't know how the old attempts turned out, but we could always try again. Since more people voted than they did no. Probably cause most of the people who voted were relatively new, though.

[Origami]

Weekly, monthly. Monthly's probably a more reasonable goal. You'd have to edit it and all and most of us have school to go to or jobs or other commitments. My social and school life's already dying thanks to VT ;P

-Photographs (Not necessarily just that of the members but those taken by the members. I know I'll like this part and I know quite a number of people on VT who would)
-Funny/smart/motivational quotes from members (I'd love this bit. Lots of y'all say the funniest things that won't fit into my sig.)-Staff corner (Updates, announcements, just saying hi. Whatever the staff wanna say. New people added to the staff, people who retire, schtuff like that.)
-Post/thread of the month (That would be pretty cool. And it'd encourage some members to move out of their comfort zones, maybe.)
-Featured sigs/avies (Mrr. Dunno about this. Just throwing ideas around.)
-New groups (This would be pretty cool. Help promote new groups and stuff. Maybe we could even have a featured group each month)
-Member/s of the month (I think this was a pretty good idea. People like getting acknowledged and feeling all loved. Plus, they'd have to read it to see if they got it.)
-Challenges (For the members and all. Like, it could be a writing challenge, music, posts, sticky challenge, rep, drawing, whatever. It'd be a boredom killer)
-Ask and answer (We could get people for like... Different fields or just one person or a group whatever and people ask questions and we select the best ones and answer them. Give advice or some shiz)
-Member corner (Vote for who it is and all and they could write stuff. Or like the above, people could ask 'em questions. The member could be rotated every month/year/something or just stay the same.)
-Featured song/s (Members could recommend some songs and all. Expand your horizons and shiz. I've started listening to all types of music since I joined VT.)

And loads of other stuff I'm too lazy to write down.

Err, well, there's also the possibility of people being too busy to work on it. Too much effort and people required. People get bored of it. Too confusing. Can't find people who are good/have the skills required. But there's on harm in trying, if it doesn't work, it doesn't. I haven't been here very long so I don't know how the old attempts turned out, but we could always try again. Since more people voted than they did no. Probably cause most of the people who voted were relatively new, though.

More or less you can tell from experience which members would be reliable in comparison to others. And if it's monthly, it's once a month. Come on.

[embers]

I'm all up for doing this.

[Jupiter]

So what do you think global mods? And Admins? Waddya say?

[Angel Androgynous]

If this is implemented, I would love to help! This sounds fun...even if it does die down. :P It won't hurt to try.

[Jupiter]

If this is implemented, I would love to help! This sounds fun...even if it does die down. :P it won't hurt to try.

Hooray! If this is accepted, then I'll put something up.

[Dimitri]

After reading all of this, I would be willing to give it a go, I am a grammar nazi.

[Jupiter]

After reading all of this, I would be willing to give it a go, I am a grammar nazi.

Then you could sign up to be the editor and chief

[Dimitri]

Then you could sign up to be the editor and chief
Hahaha, possibly lil'man....

[Jupiter]

Hahaha, possibly lil'man....

Of course there would be other jobs. I just wish some admins would see this.

[Jess]

After reading all of this, I would be willing to give it a go, I am a grammar nazi.

same here. I would like to be part of it too, checking for any grammar & spelling errors :P

[Jupiter]

I talked to a an admin and a gmod, and I'm waiting for a response :)

[Amaryllis]

More or less you can tell from experience which members would be reliable in comparison to others. And if it's monthly, it's once a month. Come on.

One every fortnight? And you can't expect one each week... Unless there's a lotta people working on it. Peeps gotta study, yo. Or maybe work on it over the weekend and publish it on monday? Or maybe nobody minds dropping their school work, jobs and other commitments.

You're right, though. You can tell. I think the older members should be in charge of picking the people, or of it. Whatever. Newer members like us don't know the site that well.

[Donkey]

I talked to a an admin and a gmod, and I'm waiting for a response :)
We consider all the suggestions, and none of the staff are going to tell you any more than that.

You'll find out whether it happens or not. :)

[Origami]

One every fortnight? And you can't expect one each week... Unless there's a lotta people working on it. Peeps gotta study, yo. Or maybe work on it over the weekend and publish it on monday? Or maybe nobody minds dropping their school work, jobs and other commitments.

You're right, though. You can tell. I think the older members should be in charge of picking the people, or of it. Whatever. Newer members like us don't know the site that well.

You went the wrong way with that.

That definitely insinuated the minuscule workload involved with a monthly newsletter.

[Ender]

I'm in :)

[SosbanFach]

I have another question; it's a little premature, but how do we plan to distribute this newsletter?

[Jupiter]

just like a pdf.

[Jess]

How will it be edited?

maybe there's a newsletter mod for vB...?

[Jupiter]

maybe there is one. or through google docs, maybe?

[SosbanFach]

How will it be edited?

maybe there's a newsletter mod for vB...?

I think there is for phpBB, not sure about vBulletin, we'd have to contact an admin.