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HU Communities are under utilised ?????
Is it just the Brisbane Community or are they all the same. There seems to be only a handful of Community Members, yet I am sure there are a heaps more in this city of 980000 people who are regularly active in the HUBB. Maybe not many people know that you have to sign up separately for this contact??
Since I found out about Horizons Unlimited a couple of years ago I have only had a couple of travellers asking questions which I have answered or at least pointed them in the right direction. I certainly expected more and would most welcome more contact from travellers, please don’t feel like you are imposing. After all that’s why people sign up to a HU Community.
There is a huge untapped resource of “local knowledge” out there just waiting. Like many others, I am only too happy to pass on local knowledge to fellow travellers.
I know from personal experience that people like Rick Blain from Edmonton Canada, Bill Ryder from Montana and others will bend over backwards to help you out
How can we spread the word and encourage others to sign up???
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Perhaps by starting threads on the subject? 
I had heard of the Turkish community but had not understood there was an HU infrastructure behind it. It was only after seeing the recent posting about the mini meet organised by the Bristol community that I followed the links to see what was involved.
It looks like a tremendous potential resource and I contacted Grant a couple of days ago to start an Eastbourne community.
Tim
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I totally agree! The Communities are amazing, and many people have come back from a big trip and said that the Communities were the best part of the trip!
So how do we get more people to sign up and to use them once they hit the road? I wish I knew - I try, but there's only one of me.
One of the things we are working on is a way to "manage" all your HU "stuff" from one place, but it's VERY tricky. We'd like to be able to give you one control panel to manage your HUBB id, ezine subscription, Community membership, and blog, plus anything else we can come up with. Hopefully that will help!
In the meantime, if you're not in a Community why not?
Any and all suggestions appreciated!
thanks for bringing it up,
Grant
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Hi Grant,
When will you put the link to my community page on the community page of HU ?
The community is Bergen op Zoom, NoordBrabant
The page is http://www.krijtenburg.nl/HU_BoZ/
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Another Mini Meet maybe
Maybe it's time for me to organise another Mini Meet, will have to get out and check out some possible venues. I try to get a different place every time. Could be Northern NSW to encourage some of our southern friends to make the journey north for some fun.
Not all the attendees to the weekends away are HUBBers. How about I sign each visiter on that weekend up to the HU and suggest that they become involved in the local community??? Worth a try.
Grant have you ever had a request for a HU business card that can be given out to riders that have never heard of HU??????????????? Just a thought.
Glen
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Maybe it's time for me to organise another Mini Meet, will have to get out and check out some possible venues. I try to get a different place every time. Could be Northern NSW to encourage some of our southern friends to make the journey north for some fun.
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Go for it! Give me details and we'll post it too. You can also add it to the HUBB calendar.
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Not all the attendees to the weekends away are HUBBers. How about I sign each visiter on that weekend up to the HU and suggest that they become involved in the local community??? Worth a try.
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Can't really "sign them up" as they need to register online etc - but a short "intro to hu" would be an excellent idea - what it's all about and how to do it and why etc.
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Grant have you ever had a request for a HU business card that can be given out to riders that have never heard of HU??????????????? Just a thought.
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Have now! I could do up a design that can be downloaded and printed, if anyone wanted to. Add a persons name in and make it a membership / intro card, could be good. {brain steaming...thinking hard...}
Comments / thoughts anyone?
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Quote:
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I totally agree! The Communities are amazing, and many people have come back from a big trip and said that the Communities were the best part of the trip!
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I full heartedly agree...the Turkish HU community helped me find tires, etc.; the Russian HU community helped me in Ulan Ude, Vladivostok, San Francisco, Kyrgyzstan, etc. Next to the HUBB, the second most valuable resource on HU.
Without either, no way would my trip have been as successful!
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Originally Posted by Tim Cullis
Perhaps by starting threads on the subject?
I had heard of the Turkish community but had not understood there was an HU infrastructure behind it.
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Just as you guessed....HU infrastructure was not behind it ...OMM, Turkey wanted to organize something similar to HU community idea... their aim was to be the mainbody of communities in the country and local commities were to act as braches...something silly and self-aimed ..
I agree that people on the road doesnt use the help of local communities too much but in return when ı wrote to some of them...didnt get a responce at all. Of course they cant be avaliable at all times, but sometimes it occurs to me if some people "join with a enthusiasm" and then simply forget ... i dont know if there is a way to solve this ...
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On occasion we run into a problem with the Community list where there's only one person in the Community - and their email address changes or mailbox fills up, and then email to them bounces - and after two bounces their name gets deleted from the list - and there's no one in it anymore! We occasionally cruise the list - but it's a BIG slow job to do looking for empty ones. We have a new system in the planning to solve that and other things with the Community mailing system, but it's a long way from the top of the priority list.
Otherwise, all we can do is be happy when we get a response and it all works out well, as it very often does.
Grant
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I agree that people on the road doesnt use the help of local communities too much but in return when ı wrote to some of them...didnt get a responce at all. Of course they cant be avaliable at all times, but sometimes it occurs to me if some people "join with a enthusiasm" and then simply forget ... i dont know if there is a way to solve this ...
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Community cards
HU cards sound like a good idea to me.
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HU Cards great idea
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While the "Me too" post are informative .. how about your thoughts on what you'd like on the cards? Hummm
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