Nopesport for sale

[binman]

[quote="andypat"]What this situation is lacking is a decent bit of succession planning! /quote]

Nopesport = British Orienteering in minuature?

[pyrat]

OK guys, I am going to shutdown Nopesport in 30 days. Please get yourselves together if you want to organise a takeover.

[Ravinous]

A new forum for the UK O Community is ready and waiting for when the lights go out at Nopesport.

[Mrs H]

Bravo - Rav. You are the natural choice (sorry I meant to get back to you but I have to build a house to live in in the next fortnight).

[andy]

While losing nope will be sad, I think it'll be best in the long run unless there's an enthusiastic group of people with the full set of skills want to take it on, without that set of people I don't think it's worth considering setting up a group to buy it.

The original crowd who set up nopesport had, between them, virtually every skill you'd need to run a successful online orienteering community and they did. Over the last few years those people have steadily stopped being involved as much as they used to, mostly due to busy lives I think, not students any more...

A word of warning to anyone looking to be the 'next Nopesport' (ravinous?), don't just set up a phpbb (other software is available) install and expect everyone to immediately start using it or for it to even get close to what nopesport is/was. What I think the UK O community needs is a current up to date news site, which also has some form of discussion alongside. Even if it just posts national team selections it'd be a step ahead of bof and get more readers. http://urbanorienteering.wordpress.com/ is a step in the right direction news wise...

[haloite]

http://urbanorienteering.wordpress.com/ is a step in the right direction news wise...

My aim is to provide information, news, comment, articles about Urban and Sprint Orienteering, mainly through the E-Newsletter, but also larger chucks of "stuff" through the Wordpress site, maybe not ideal, I know!
Please, please, please - ANY Urban or Sprint copy is very much appreciated - particularly event flyers and reports. I also use Twitter which is a surprisingly good source @urbanracinguk and a Facebook page (a little less convinced about that!). Any copy (Urban and Sprint only!) to
Urbanracinguk(at)btinternet(dot)com
Cheers
Brian.

[Gnitworp]

I don't think I can cope without Nope.
Without Nope, I will mope without hope.
Without Nope I will grope
Through the day without hope.
I don't think I can cope without Nope.

[Mrs H]

You made me cry!

[Tatty]

Many thanks guys for all the pleasure and fun you've given us over the years. Wishing you all the very best in future projects.

[ER]

Move over JayZee and Eminem here comes Gnitworp

[RS]

Seconded Tatty's post

[Mrs H]

The sport owes the nope cartel an enormous debt - I hope someone has nominated them for the BO award for services to orienteering (Silva?). They have revolutionised communication within the sport - an aspect which has been sadly neglected by other quarters.

[mrmoosehead]

A new forum for the UK O Community is ready and waiting for when the lights go out at Nopesport.

Where's that then?

What's the plan, stan?

[graeme]

The sport owes the nope cartel an enormous debt

Indeed. Much more than you might think. Although (I believe) BO employees are forbidden to post it doesn't mean they aren't reading and acting on what's here. The same goes for committees. It's essential for any organisation to have a dissenting forum.

Thanks

[Tatty]

Give the man a chance! He is currently away at the ETOC in Portugal