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Well, the announcement has been made today that the only other Elgrand forum I know of has been taken offline.
Elgrand.co.uk was the first UK based Elgrand Forum, known as "The Collective". Established way back in 2007, it was the first resource made available to people looking to import and own the Nissan Elgrand in the UK.
Then we have Elgrand.Ning.com which was taken down in 2015. Not sure when this site was started, I think it was 2010. This forum was set up after a "dispute" within the admin team on "The Collective" forum. One of the team decided to jump ship and set his own forum up.
And then we had nissanelgrand.au.com - the "Aussie forum". Which disappeared into the unknown at some point in 2016 when the plug was pulled.
Apparently there was also a fourth, although the URL of the club is no longer known, but was alleged to be ElgrandOCUK.com - this forum was short lived and disappeared just as quickly. I have no idea how successful it was, but it must not have been to be forgotten in such a short time.
So... here we are. ElgrandOC.uk... the sole remaining Elgrand specific forum on the internet. What does this mean for us? Nothing. It means absolutely nothing. There is speculation to say that Facebook killed the forums off... and this has been an "excuse" by admins across various car clubs for quite some time. Although I agree that Facebook groups remove a lot of traffic from forums, it does not leave them redundant. EOC was set up off the back of talking to various members in various Elgrand groups, and we have had a dedicated club group on Facebook since before the website took off.
The important thing is to balance the traffic between forum and Facebook. The one thing that a forum will ALWAYS have over Facebook is the ability to store, retain, sort and search information. Therefore, technical information, meets and events and other useful files are stored on the website. Banter and quick questions here and there are fine for Facebook. It's about finding the right balance, which I think at the moment we are doing exceptionally well at as a club.
I can't see EOC dying any time soon. The members are active, we have regular (although not as regular as I would like) meets and events, and new information is becoming available all the time to help future and current owners.
So, to end the post, I want to thank all the members and admins of the forums mentioned above for kicking off the "Elgrand scene" in the UK. Without their hard work and dedication from 2007, there probably wouldn't be the same following now.
I am a little speculative of what happens from here. I don't know if people from these other clubs will wind there way here or whether they will collaborate to set up a new forum!? Who knows. But rest assured, the EOC team and I will be here working away for the foreseeable future. As long as we have the support of our members, we'll be right here ready and waiting.
Elgrand.co.uk was the first UK based Elgrand Forum, known as "The Collective". Established way back in 2007, it was the first resource made available to people looking to import and own the Nissan Elgrand in the UK.
Then we have Elgrand.Ning.com which was taken down in 2015. Not sure when this site was started, I think it was 2010. This forum was set up after a "dispute" within the admin team on "The Collective" forum. One of the team decided to jump ship and set his own forum up.
And then we had nissanelgrand.au.com - the "Aussie forum". Which disappeared into the unknown at some point in 2016 when the plug was pulled.
Apparently there was also a fourth, although the URL of the club is no longer known, but was alleged to be ElgrandOCUK.com - this forum was short lived and disappeared just as quickly. I have no idea how successful it was, but it must not have been to be forgotten in such a short time.
So... here we are. ElgrandOC.uk... the sole remaining Elgrand specific forum on the internet. What does this mean for us? Nothing. It means absolutely nothing. There is speculation to say that Facebook killed the forums off... and this has been an "excuse" by admins across various car clubs for quite some time. Although I agree that Facebook groups remove a lot of traffic from forums, it does not leave them redundant. EOC was set up off the back of talking to various members in various Elgrand groups, and we have had a dedicated club group on Facebook since before the website took off.
The important thing is to balance the traffic between forum and Facebook. The one thing that a forum will ALWAYS have over Facebook is the ability to store, retain, sort and search information. Therefore, technical information, meets and events and other useful files are stored on the website. Banter and quick questions here and there are fine for Facebook. It's about finding the right balance, which I think at the moment we are doing exceptionally well at as a club.
I can't see EOC dying any time soon. The members are active, we have regular (although not as regular as I would like) meets and events, and new information is becoming available all the time to help future and current owners.
So, to end the post, I want to thank all the members and admins of the forums mentioned above for kicking off the "Elgrand scene" in the UK. Without their hard work and dedication from 2007, there probably wouldn't be the same following now.
I am a little speculative of what happens from here. I don't know if people from these other clubs will wind there way here or whether they will collaborate to set up a new forum!? Who knows. But rest assured, the EOC team and I will be here working away for the foreseeable future. As long as we have the support of our members, we'll be right here ready and waiting.