GWF TEAM
Oct 25 2009, 09:33 AM
The issue of Remembering Today has provoked much comment, debate, disagreement and brain storming from the Pals, and the Trustees have taken on board all the comments that have been made.
All comments from all sides are being discussed and debated by the Trustees and we are anticipating making a further announcement in due course about the Remembering Today function, having considered all the points of view that have been raised throughout this thread.
Please bear with us on this, and rest assured that this matter has not disappeared and a further announcement will be made in due course
GWF TEAM
Oct 25 2009, 08:12 PM
"The Trustees of the Great War Forum are grateful to all Pals for the contribution that has been made into the issue of the option to make a donation in return for a name to be included at the top of the main page.
This has provoked much debate, comment and disagreement, and all of these coupled with the results of the Poll have been discussed by the Trustees. The Trustees run the Forum for the members, and the issues raised have been debated at length, and after much consideration and debate amongst ourselves, we wish to make the following announcement:
A number of members have expressed their wish to sponsor the Remembering Today name, and we are now able to include these in addition to the random choice, in a return for a donation. This will be trialled for a period of 3 months starting on the 1st November. If there is no significant take up of this option, it will be removed on the 1st February 2010. Any names for which donations have been received will be honoured.
The requested name will appear below the random name. The Remembering Today name will continue to be selected at random regardless of whether any member has chosen to sponsor a name for that day. The Remembering Them forum will continue where of course everyone can commemorate anyone.
We hope that continuing Remembering Today in its traditional form as well as offering the option for a name to appear at the top in addition to a randomly chosen name, will be an acceptable compromise for all parties."