A proposal to directory owners!

Excellent idea!!

I think it would be most helpful to have some sort of project board established with a detailed plan, all tasks involved in bringing this idea to life and who is to be responsible for each.

If this is to be an organization we should of course start with being organized in the creation and development.

In regards to the contributing members and membership fees; I agree there should indeed be a supporters fee in place, also an ODO Approved seal image with a link back to the site should be a requirement of ALL directory owners involved on any level.

I have much more to say on the subject, however this should likely be taken to some sort of private area to prevent the idea being hijacked by naughty people.

That being said I am on my way now to sign up @ the above mentioned forum

 

I will second that (actually I was waiting for Mike to join this thread)
Mike is the guy I would like to see involved

 

don't get it, why aren't we continuing the discution on dirowners.org ?


about the logo, I'll talk to my girlfriend and see if she has the time, any others who want to contribue are welcomed

 

he is already an admin.
he is also the cashier in case someone, in the future, donates (don't think it would be necesarely). I don't really like playing with other peoples money

 

Had a day of personal drama, playing catchup now since 2 AM

 

For the moment we are gathering opinions and inviting directory owners attention it will come to that phase.

 

I was saying that we need a source of revenue

 

to do what with the revenue?

 

I don't think the name choosen is good for this project, we need something more neutral. We really need this site to become a resource for folks seeking quality backlinks in established directories. The name choosen conveys a place for directory owners to hang-out or do business.

 

Sorry about the post, my browser's cookies get messed up, so I was replying to a post from ages ago, that my browser thought was new

 

Its Okie. No need to apologize. Things happen.

Now back to your nice ideas so we can move on.

 

Directives:

Main Sections:

- Finance generation
- Finance Expenditure
- Recruiting
- Standards
- Advertising

Money generation:

- Collect Money
- Maintain Current Income Streams
- Research New Money Streams
- Keep Money Coming in

Expenditure:

- Keep the budget
- Locate the money to advertising and recruiting

Recruiting:

- Bring in new sites
- Bring In web designers and article writers etc.

Standards:

- Regulate sites
- Modify Standards
- Discipline

Advertising

- Reach the general public
- Advise the Expenditure
- Develop new methods of advertising
- Be cost efficient.

Plans for the future:

- Be recognized as a sign of quality
- Dominate many niches
- Turn Directories into real alternatives to google.

 

a lot of people talked in this thread and were interested but we have only 13 members so far. how comes?

 

13 Members / 1 Afternoon = Not too bad at all.

I for one am very excited about this new venture.

 

It´s all leading towards our first annual Directory Convention. This is our year!

 

great idea guys.shutzu i guess directory owners need some great dir owners involved it this site.so we'll find possibility of improving our directories.
yea agree with you jg123.for this some good directories owners admins must involve in it and give somethings.

 

Give it some time to get momentum. A lot of people will hold back on joining until there's evidence of tangible benefits. It's one of those network-effect things: the more people are in the network, the more value there is for everyone involved.

 

I agree, interest will come as we do our job.