The more members and viewers that use the FB site, the less involvement is being seen on the WGA site.
I rarely visit the FB page, as I don’t want to contribute to something that shouldn’t have been started(imo). The one-on-one personal contact with members by the BODs, as well as the member-to-member banter, was gone. This site was available for discussions (sometimes heated!) and member polls/surveys that were valuable to the seated BODs. On a public FB page, anyone can comment or be censored by an administrator. I realize that it is easy to go on FB and click-click-click from one page to the next, to the next to the next. I often thought that the best part of geocaching was getting people OFF their devices to go out and have some fun in the great outdoors.
If you want members to come back to this site, shut down the others. It will take a few years to fix the fracture (if it can be fixed). I realize that the BODs NEEDS this site as an archive for the Association, as well as online motions for the good of the group. It also needs a reliable site for POTM, since the Association page doesn’t support it…I guess.
It WAS refreshing to see input on the Picnic/Campout issue, especially the number of members that took the time to vote. It was a good start. It lets the members know that their opinions are valued.
