The Future of OP- "OP Around the World!!!"
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The Future of OP- "OP Around the World!!!"Wordslinger being the visionary he is, came up with the thread What is the future of OP, how will our site grow and prosper and what new horizons lie ahead. The thought that came to mind for me is "OP around the world". Basically the idea is to move OP from the cyber world into the real world, bring OP to the commmunities we live in, create local chapters of OP. Imagine local groups of OP members new and old meeting around the country and around the world. My idea is to create at least one chapter in each of the fifty states and additional chapters in other countries. I know there are many poetry groups already out there at the community level both here in the US and abroad, but there is no organization to them, no unity. This is where OP could bridge the gap, create a network of poetry groups both new ones and exsisting groups, we can incorporate exsisting groups into our network, the purpose is advertisement of the site as well as spreading the word of poetry and allowing a avenue to for people to come and share ideas and gain a support network of poets and writers. The local groups could meet and have poetry readings at local coffee shops and libaries around the globe, discuss ways to help spread the word of the site, etc. We could advertise the meetings in free adds in local papers, the internet, flyers, word of mouth, and ofcourse on the OP site. The main function that site can offer to exsiting as well as new groups is one place to organize and advertise this information. My idea is to create a new forum on OP called, "OP around the world". In the forum we will create one thread for each of the fifty states and additional threads for other countries outside of the US. The purpose of the threads will serve as a place to come and get information about where is the closest poetry group near you that is in aflliation with OP. Now I realize that some states may have the need for more than one group, I could see groups in all major cities and even smaller groups in more rural areas. I think the starting point will be to create at least one main group in each state and country and then branch off from there. Then the real fun part would be, once a year have some large worldwide OP poetry convention where all the local groups could come together and meet. I proposed this idea to papa and he was excited, he loved the idea, but we both agreed before we put a lot of time and effort into getting this up and running we sould see how much support there is for it on the OP site, how interested people would be in participating in an idea like this. This is where you come in, if you like this idea and would like to see it become a reality please take a brief moment and leave a reply comment to show your support and offer any ideas you have either here or on the main thread in the ins and outs of OP. There is still alot of details to work out, but these are the basic ideas to it, let us know what you think, both good and bad, indifferent. The sky is the limit with this idea, who knows where it could end and how big it could become. Who knows forsure what the future of OP holds but I think this would be a great way to spread the word of our site, grow, and prosper into the 21st century and beyound. If this takes off like I think it could it could very litterally blow our site up, we could go from 40,000 members to 400,000, who knows what the future holds, the only one I know who can see the future is the great wordslinger, LOL. Purity of the soul, journey well to all!!! with grace and humility ANGEL- POB for life! aka A blind man walking... |
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OP Around the World!!! The Future of OP???please anyone interested in this idea post your replies, I am trying to see how much buzz there is for the idea and if it is worth my time and papa's time to get it going. So if you want to see this idea become reality, please show your support!!! comment, comment, comment! Purity of the soul, journey well!!! with grace and humility ANGEL- POB for life! aka A blind man walking... |
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RE: The Future of OP- "OP Around the World!!!"Hi Angel! |
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RE: The Future of OP- "OP Around the World!!!"sounds great kah, I will find out if we have the final go ahead this week, papa is confident that he will get the backing of the higherups, just waiting on thier fininal decision before we go ahead with building the forum. When we do make the forum it will contain one thread for each state and then subthreads within each state for local groups- this way we can not only have atleast one main chapter in each state but also advertise any additional affiliate groups that are meeting in certain areas. The final idea is there will a be a large list of different groups both of OP and affilitae groups and when someone want to find a group in thier area they can come to the forum for thier state and hopefully find a group close to them to join. If there is no such group than they will have the resources available to start up thier own group and find other members in thier area willing to join. This is the general idea but there is alot of detail and kinks to still workout as time goes and the idea takes off. You will be one of the first to know as soon as it is a go. Thanks for all you help and support as it is greatly apperciated! Purity of the soul, journey well!!! with grace and humility ANGEL- POB for life! aka A blind man walking... |
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.
Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.