unions closing shop. where should we go?

The union could move to zetaboards. That is where several of unions I am a member are moving to.GamerofMario1

Yes, zetaboards or some other website forum would be good.  I haven't been as active as I should, as GS has been glitchy and not let me open the messages you guys have been sending, but I have fixed that now. 

sounds good so far. a private facebook page could also be of use as it provides IM and group IM chats. does zetaboards provide IM as well?leon2365

Click my sig, jus sayin'

We accept all kinds of people there.

We could start a new forum with forumotion.net.

http://www.forumotion.com/ 

Shivtr is awesome! Checkout what I've done to save my union here at http://hierarchy.shivtr.com/ it gas 

Countdown timers, admin created ranks, polls, different forums, and you can een create themes for the page that include banners back gronds colors, font excetra!

I'm trying to save all the groups I like and Afiliate them all on shivtr.

GS has proposed a fix to the angry outcry saying some unions will be moved into a forum base, However the new version of GS wont allow officers and leaders to kick out trolls, as it wont allow officers and leaders at all. The forums and all we have done to create it wont be ours anymore :(

Shivtr ftw! 

ZETA VS SHIVTR 

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SHIVTR FAQ:

Forums

A core communication tool for your guild site

Deeply integrated with permissions, ranks, activities and more

Easy to use BBcode editor for writing posts

Completely customizable structure with sections and subforums

Messages

Hold private discussions with members of your guild
Send mass messages to everyone from a certain group or rank
Message alliance members across different guilds
Easy notifications for new messages in your user status bar

Chat
Chat with your guildmates just as you do in-game
WebSocket enabled for instant chatting
Supports emotes and other slash commands
Color-coded channels for nice, game-like display
Polls
Poll your guildmates on the topics that interest you
Restrict polls with different view levels for sensitive topics
Support for voting publicly and privately
Embed polls within forums to enable discussions
Guild News Keep your members up-to-date on your guild's latest exploits
Deeply integrated with permissions, comments and more
Delegate select officers to post through permissions
Atom feeds for easy syndication
Journals Allow your members to post character stories on your site
Deeply integrated with permissions, comments and more
Great for roleplay guilds!
Atom feeds for easy syndication

Media Galleries

Share your in-game footage with image and video galleries!
Easy video integration with Youtube
Comment and discuss your favorites
Showcase new media through slideshows, side blocks and activities

Applications
Easily customize the form applicants fill out
Review and accept the best applicants
Comment and discuss applicants with your officers
Optionally allow applicants to view and comment on their own app

For advanced users/developers, Shivtr includes a REST API
Access XML and JSON views of (nearly) all data on your site
Login and perform (nearly) any action directly through our API

Admin Panel
Our Site Admin panel gives you easy access to all your global settings
Changing your game, server, timezone and other options is a breeze
Set metadata to control how your site appears in search engines
Audit Log
The Audit Log tracks (almost) every action on your site
Review logs to see who created, modified or deleted specific content
Something accidentally deleted? The audit log makes recovery easy-mode
Permissions
The most advanced permissions system you'll find anywhere!
Choose who can view, use and admin every aspect of your site
Organize permissions into roles to hand out to your members
Assign permission roles to ranks to mimic your in-game guild structure
Permissions
The most advanced permissions system you'll find anywhere!
Choose who can view, use and admin every aspect of your site
Organize permissions into roles to hand out to your members
Assign permission roles to ranks to mimic your in-game guild structure

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Races & Classes
Customizable races & classes put you in control
Choose from preset options for many games or design your own
Create that goblin only guild you always wanted!
Deeply integrated - the options you set are used throughout your site
Domain Names
Freedom to choose any URL you wish for your site
Change your URL anytime you like from your Site Admin panel
Select any .shivtr.com subdomain that is available
... or use any full domain name you own
Themes
Select from a large variety of official, pre-made themes
Create your own design with our easy-to-use theme editor
Browse the hundreds of themes created by our awesome community
Dress up your site for Halloween and other holidays!
Theme Editor
Craft your own theme with our full-featured theme editor
Offers everything you need to make an amazing, unique design
Load any official or public theme and change it anyway you like
Layout
Our layout tools let you choose the content important to your community
Choose from over 70 blocks for your home page and side columns
Select from shoutboxes, slideshows, twitter, ventrilo and more!
Easily re-arrange your blocks layout with drag-and-drop
Branding
Add a favicon to your site (used in browser tabs & bookmarks)
Control how your site appears in search engines with metatags
Control how your site appears on Shivtr from your site admin

and more but I'm not going to write it all out lol.

Sorry about the wierd colors its been happening to me since I switched over to chrome.

thank you for those very in-depth posts. now I have a good idea of how each site works. ill hold up a poll soon to see which is more popular.leon2365

No problem happy to help :) 

Make sure they read what I posted :)