Members was the final name of a sub-forum in the CES Forum, with forum ID #26, from 2006-2009. It was originally called New Members. Its purpose was to allow forum members to welcome each other and allow them to talk about themselves.
Its description was as follows:
The strategy was unsuccessful. Few new members joined the forums during the next six months, with an even smaller number acknowledging their welcome threads. During the forum upgrades that began in January 2007 and wrapped up by February 16, the sub-forum was renamed to Members, and the "Welcome Thread" add-on was removed. While other sub-forums with little activity were merged at this time, Members was permitted to stay open, although it would no longer benefit from automatic thread creation.
On or about February 13, 2009, the sub-forum was closed and all its threads were merged into We Don't Care.
Its description was as follows:
History
On June 10, 2006, the sub-forum "New Members" was created under the sub-forum We Don't Care (#9). Most discussion in the sub-forum was facilitated by the vBulletin add-on "Welcome Thread" by Amy Khar, which automatically created a thread whenever a new member registered, welcoming them and encouraging them to engage.The strategy was unsuccessful. Few new members joined the forums during the next six months, with an even smaller number acknowledging their welcome threads. During the forum upgrades that began in January 2007 and wrapped up by February 16, the sub-forum was renamed to Members, and the "Welcome Thread" add-on was removed. While other sub-forums with little activity were merged at this time, Members was permitted to stay open, although it would no longer benefit from automatic thread creation.
On or about February 13, 2009, the sub-forum was closed and all its threads were merged into We Don't Care.