Questions or Comments about the Message Board Latest Topicshttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/forum/6-questions-or-comments-about-the-message-board/Questions or Comments about the Message Board Latest TopicsenMessage Boardhttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/31561-message-board/ Apparently the "message board" section of the forum has vanished.

Does anyone know how to reach the signature section of one's profile?  I've searched in vain, and I think there was some non-obvious route to it.

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31561Mon, 19 Feb 2018 23:09:36 +0000
"About Me" section of profile doesn't show on cellphoneshttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/31126-about-me-section-of-profile-doesnt-show-on-cellphones/ The "About Me" section of members'  profiles is not accessible on my android cell phone.  Is anyone else having this problem?  Is this the case with all cell phones, just android phones, or just my phone?   If I access a member profile from my laptop, I have the option of clicking on the "About Me" section of the profile to read it, provided the member has entered anything in that section of his profile.   But the "About Me" option does not appear on my cellphone.

I looked the top 20 or 24 posters (everyone with over 1,000 posts) and found that about one-third of us have information in the "About Me" section of their profiles that I can view on my laptop.  But, I cannot view ANY "About Me" sections using my phone.   Is there some reason for this, or is it a glitch?

It's hard to find and sort the member list since the forum update of a couple of years ago, but you can access it using the "search" function.  Click on "search", then click on "members", then click on that, and the member list in alphabetical order pops up.  There is then an option to change the sort method to sort by post count, etc.  This link might work:  http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/search/?type=core_members&sortby=member_posts&sortdirection=desc&page=1

 

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31126Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:53:26 +0000
Forum software updatehttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/30732-forum-software-update/ You may have noticed that the forum looks slightly different today. The software has been updated to the latest release.

Let's hope that it has some good stuff, or at least no new bad stuff. Feel free to post comments here about any differences or problems that you encounter.

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30732Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:22:53 +0000
The Authorship Teamhttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/25597-the-authorship-team/Lest there be any misunderstanding, I think it is incumbent upon me to make it plain here on this message board that I am no longer a member of the authorship team of RONR and RONRIB. As you can well imagine, the preparation of new editions requires an enormous amount of work, and it gradually became clear to me that my interest in and enthusiasm for the job had diminished to the point that I would no longer be willing to devote the time and effort required in order to do my fair share of the work involved. As a consequence, I felt I should resign, and I have done so.

 

This does not mean that I will no longer continue to post messages here on the forum from time to time, and so I’m afraid that you regulars will have to continue putting up with me until such time as the boss lady shuts me down.

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25597Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:34:45 +0000
politesse ... ?http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/30493-politesse/ I'm looking at the RONR MB thread "http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/30455-bylaws-what-takes-precedent/?page=2" .  (Actually I copied the URL from where I was; I'm not specifically referring to Page 2.)

Transpower says this:

[Posted Friday at 09:45 AM ·]

....  And:  Daniel was a member of the authorship team, but he is no longer.

Mr Honemann's reply includes this incidental

[Aw nuts, I can't chop out all the chaff:  please disregard it, pretend you're all George Mervosh]:

Posted Friday at 10:06 AM · Report post

On 8/18/2017 at 9:45 AM, Transpower said:

 

 
On 8/18/2017 at 9:45 AM, Transpower said:

 

 

"And "Daniel" is a bit presumptuous, I'm afraid."

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Then Greg Goodwiller said:

[Posted Saturday at 01:17 PM · Report post]

  On 8/18/2017 at 10:06 AM, Daniel H. Honemann said:

"And "Daniel" is a bit presumptuous, I'm afraid."

Thank for this, Mr. Honemann. I have always appreciated the level of decorum that is practiced in this forum. It honors our profession. And I regret the extent to which this particular thread has not done so.

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But I'm nopt (the "p" is silent, or a typo) sure what the protocol is. Generally I myslef try to refer to posters with an honorific-appended surname in the third person*, but I use first names in the second person with those with whom I'm familiar: i.e., George or Richard (sometimes "Rich", depending on when I can guess he prefers), and even, to the point, "Dan".

("Dan" is a special case.  Back in the 1890's, when he and I were little kids and the RONR MB website was in its formative stages, he posted only as "Dan" -- partly, I suspect, because he was trying to conserve bandwidth -- remember, in the 1890's, the Internet was powered by coal -- so I was perforce obliged to respond to his posts by calling him "Dan", because that was all I knew him as.  He evolved to "Daniel Honemann" and eventually to "HIs Honemannship," but that didn't last long and he ratchetted it back -- there's probably no documentary evidence for this deluded period, probably only occurring during the 1950's.)

So I'm wondering why Transpower's saying "Daniel" is presumptuous.  My gut tells me yes it is, but not why.

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* For the love of heaven, there's got to be a simpler description for the term, somebody please remind me what it is.

 

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30493Thu, 24 Aug 2017 08:13:39 +0000
Is the forum down?http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/30373-is-the-forum-down/ Is there a problem with the forum? No posts for a day and a half is awfully unusual!  

So . . . I guess this is a test. Testing 1, 2, 3.  Will this post? We shall soon know! 

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30373Sun, 23 Jul 2017 00:14:25 +0000
Uptick in Spamhttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29796-uptick-in-spam/ I suppose you could spend all your days chasing Spammers away, but there sure are a lot of them showing up very recently.

Have I got a deal for you on bitcoins!!!!    Yeah, right.

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29796Sun, 26 Mar 2017 13:30:56 +0000
Signatures are backhttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29759-signatures-are-back/ Members can now once again include a "signature" that will be shown underneath their posts, visible to people who have enabled viewing of signatures. You can change your signature from your Account Settings page. If you had a signature before, it's back the way it was the last time you updated it.

 

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29759Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:53:04 +0000
Postage stampshttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29585-postage-stamps/
On topic thread robertsrules.forumflash.com/index.php?/topic/29577-initial-motion/ , , right now the OP is labelled "Posted 6 hours ago"; the second post (i.e., the first reply), Kim Goldsworthy's, is labelled "Posted 4 hours ago," and likewise the next, Guest Zev's, "4 hours ago"; but then the next, Hieu H Huynh's, says "Posted 1 [sic, "one"] minute ago," but the post after his, OP Travis's,  thanking him, is labelled "Posted 9 minutes ago".  (The next post, mine, is labelled "Posted just now.")  What in sam hill?

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N. B. The thread title is a pun.  Ghaaah, I hate puns.

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29585Tue, 28 Feb 2017 19:11:33 +0000
Person making forum unusablehttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29515-person-making-forum-unusable/ Is there any chance of banning the person who is making every single thread show up as unread?

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29515Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:33:37 +0000
Very bluntly: Incivility towards [very bad typists] illiterateshttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29169-very-bluntly-incivility-towards-very-bad-typists-illiterates/ The thread, this latest, is this:

(darn, I just wanted to copy the URL, not pull in the animated titles and dancing girls)

I'm short of time.  I just will say that, in the thread, my response nominally was to Mr Merritt, but it was less to him than to the position he was landing on.

(Pace, Mr. or Ms. McCand -- if I have the spelling right )

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29169Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:21:37 +0000
how to find messageshttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29342-how-to-find-messages/ For some months now I can't even find how to access my messages, let alone delete some so that I can send and receive some.  I apologize for being ongoingly tediously absent-minded, since I'm sure that probably more than once somebody has told me this, but I'd appreciate it if somebody would once again run me through it.

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29342Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:56:46 +0000
Ceci n'est pas un titrehttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29333-ceci-nest-pas-un-titre/ It seems that, despite the pinned warning, many querents are still posting their personal titles instead of their subjects. May I suggest that you re-title this field "Subject"? That is the term to which most keyboard jockeys are accustomed and I predict it will reduce the number of misunderstandings.

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29333Wed, 18 Jan 2017 03:21:14 +0000
Apologies: thread-tangling (ooo, a real metaphor)http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29437-apologies-thread-tangling-ooo-a-real-metaphor/ Regarding the thread  "Interim board members," by (initially) Guest Ken, begun I think yesterday and so far (and hopefully) ending today:

I confess to having dropped the ball on minimizing confusion here on the world's premier Internet parliamentary forum, and I regret it.  When, relatively early on, Ken said, "How about this ....  ARTICLE ELEVEN -DUES ", I should have realized he was purely going on to some other subject, blithely abandoning the interim board members; so I should have aborted that, since we weren't done, by asking him to start another thread.  Instead, I thought one thing somehow had to do with another, and awkwardly (with an attempt at humor) proceeded that way.  As a result, there was some (commendably not a lot) confusion, discussing extending the dues having to do with the alleged interim board members.  I could kick myself, if I weren't so old and emaciated and pudgy.

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29437Sat, 04 Feb 2017 23:55:47 +0000
An acknowledgementhttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29341-an-acknowledgement/ I should just like to say that it has been an honor and a privilege and a joy to have participated in this forum this decade and a half or so, and my emphatic gratitude to all, for making this happen.

Your pal and fan,

Gary c Tesser

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29341Fri, 20 Jan 2017 07:47:34 +0000
No more time stamps?http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/29234-no-more-time-stamps/ Why are there suddenly no more time stamps on our posts? Everything posted today says simply Dec 31. No more "30 minutes ago", etc?  Is this just temporary and has to do with a new year starting 25 minutes from now on the east coast?

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29234Sun, 01 Jan 2017 04:35:50 +0000
"permission to view this content"http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/28682-permission-to-view-this-content/ Why are there certain topics on the forum that it says, " You do not have permission to view this content. "

What's up?

Glen Hall

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28682Fri, 09 Sep 2016 22:38:29 +0000
Forum access is back!http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/28386-forum-access-is-back/ Was it just me or was the forum offline for a couple days?

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28386Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:14:23 +0000
Short Users Manual for Beginnershttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/27913-short-users-manual-for-beginners/ This forum has been incredibly helpful to me in my quest to improve my working knowledge of parliamentary procedure. But I  have a suggestion that I think will attract many more new users. Can your organization write a one or two page users manual on the features that are available in this forum that can be read at login time by new users like myself? That would be very useful and save you guys some heartburn. I did not know, for example, what responding in the same thread means or how it is done. But I found out after asking many questions that is the purpose of the box at the end of the post entitled “reply to this post.” As a second example, I see that I can register (I have no clue as  to the pros and cons of me registering). I have read the FAQ and other things on the message board but if I decide to use this forum regularly, there is must more that I need to be told.

 

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27913Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:58:21 +0000
"Mr.", "PhD" or Subject?http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/28071-mr-phd-or-subject/ Would it be possible to lean on the suppliers of the B-Board system to change the title of the required "Title" fill-in box to something like "Topic" or "Subject" or the like?  This is the box that you get when you click on "Start new Topic".

Many of the posting show only "Mr." or "Ms" or "Association President" as the  title. This  conveys no information as to the real content of the posting.   It's natural as the newbies (guests, usually) take the word to be asking for their titles, not a "title" for the posting. This makes it hard to select those that fit one's specialty (if any) to respond to.

 

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28071Sun, 15 May 2016 19:07:09 +0000
Responding in the same threadhttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/27912-responding-in-the-same-thread/ I am still confused over what is meant my “posting a question in the same thread." Can you give me some guidance on how this is done? I  am new to this forum.  To be more specific, I normally ask a question by going to “General Discussion” and then click on “Start new topic” and then post my question and hit the “submit” button at the bottom of the page. If the responder asks me a question while responding with his/her answer, how do I answer return my answer in the same thread?  Do you mean in the title box use the same title and then respond? I have not a clue!

 

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27912Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:46:25 +0000
Following up on questionshttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/27832-following-up-on-questions/ I  have asked a question and gotten an answer back from your forum. If I want to add additional contents to my question for further clarity to the responder, how is that done without asking a new question on the forum.

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27832Wed, 13 Apr 2016 12:30:59 +0000
Watch out world!http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/27814-watch-out-world/ Today, Godelfan is Godelfan, RP!  (Or, at least, I passed the test today.)  Be scared, parliamentary profession.

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27814Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:57:58 +0000
<![CDATA[font & typeface]]>http://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/27558-font-typeface/ On the panel for editing, I see there is an icon to change a font's SIZE and a font's COLOR, and a font's STRIKEOUT and SUPERSCRIPT and SUBSCRIPT.

But I do not see the icon to change the font typeface family - from sans serif (e.g., Helvetica or Arial) to serif (e.g., Times Roman or Courier).

Q. How do I change the font family?

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27558Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:44:39 +0000
How do I stop automatic emailshttp://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/27672-how-do-i-stop-automatic-emails/ What is the process to stop automatic emails to my inbox?

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27672Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:29:41 +0000
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