I would like the chapters to be visible for non-members, maybe even the content of the chapters.
As long as you are not (yet) a member you can visit our site, browse through every forum thread but you don´t have permission to enter the chapters-section.
You´re not even allowed to see the list of all existing chapters.
I want to suggest to change that. Permission to see everything, no permission to post anything, like in all the other forums that I know and like on the old site. Permisson for search-engines to search the chapters.
In particular I´m concerned about how to attract new members outside of the US / not-English-speaking countries. They probably ask themselves: "Why would I register to an online community overseas where I have to communicate in a foreign language with people I´ll never have the opportunity to meet for a run?" I think they need to be able to see at least after searching the site and hitting the "chapters"-button that there are people in their own country, chatting in their own language.
As long as you are not (yet) a member you can visit our site, browse through every forum thread but you don´t have permission to enter the chapters-section.
You´re not even allowed to see the list of all existing chapters.
I want to suggest to change that. Permission to see everything, no permission to post anything, like in all the other forums that I know and like on the old site. Permisson for search-engines to search the chapters.
In particular I´m concerned about how to attract new members outside of the US / not-English-speaking countries. They probably ask themselves: "Why would I register to an online community overseas where I have to communicate in a foreign language with people I´ll never have the opportunity to meet for a run?" I think they need to be able to see at least after searching the site and hitting the "chapters"-button that there are people in their own country, chatting in their own language.