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the ghost
USA
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 Posted - 03/25/2003 : 21:26:05
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I haven't posted a reply in some time now, however I do enjoy reading the post on coverage and software. I have also learned a lot from some of the feedback on the coverage forum. By the way one thing that dose bother me is when someone always has too bring up the fact that a word has been mispelled. Maybe people would post more if they didn't think that there spelling and grammer was being looked at instead of the question at hand.
Hey by the way where is the spell check. |
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CCarr
Canada
1200 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2003 : 22:23:00
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Juan, when you click "reply to topic" (i.e. the more formal reply box, more 'dodads') you get a screen that has a task bar at the top, and the "abc" box is the spell check. I didn't realize it was there myself, until I considered your question.
But, don't let that slow you down from posting.
Mark holds the record, or he hasn't passed around his code book yet, or he has size 14 digits; either way, his posts are always welcome.
If that is all people ever grumble at you for; you're a hero. |
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CCarr
Canada
1200 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 09:23:47
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Staying within the wide ranging context of deserts and sand, let me kick a little sand to see how the grit settles.
The world at large can click into CADO and be greeted by its home page, "Welcome, your portal into the world of catastrophe adjusting". The organization then clearly lays out its 'mission statement', ".... strives to provide the means to promote the growth and enhancement of .... this site provides information and resources that may be helpful to ...."
If that 'mission statement' was written as a "foreward" to a book, that should be as clear as the 'table of contents' as to what the purpose and content were going to be.
Opening CADO's 'book', and looking at its 'table of contents', i.e. the listing of the forums; we see the intended home page message carried forward with all the listed forum topics, except one.
The "Almost Anything" forum sits at the top of the list. It is at the top of the list not for its alphabetical prominence, or "Hardware" would preceed "Software". However, that forum encourages us to "discuss almost anything .... may wish to discuss topics not always related to work ....". That has certainly been the case, as noted in my post in this thread of 3/25.
I don't know when or why that forum was taken off line, and it is none of my business, and it is none of "our" business; "we" are all interlopers to this site.
But, I do see a conflict between the home page welcome and mission statement, and the availability and usage of the "Almost Anything" forum. Either an addendum should be added to the former encouraging site usage for those with a 'chat room' mentality to air the woes of the world at large, or the latter should be brought into line with the home page welcome and mission statement.
Controversy will continue to cause havoc on this site, concerning usage and 'tone', if the noted opposing 'invitations' to participate remain as stated.
I note that one of the sessions at the coming CADO convention is a rountable discussion led by Roy. I would suggest that this issue be one of the topics at that discussion.
It is the owner's choice to provide whatever type of medium he wants. However, in choosing that medium, it will take the web site in one of three directions. |
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JimF
USA
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Posted - 04/03/2003 : 09:47:37
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Ok Clayton, I give up.
What are the three directions or options you mention in your last sentence?
I stopped reading minds after reading Ghostbuster's once. |
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CCarr
Canada
1200 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 11:24:13
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With my fishing season now less than a month away, am I that first foolish salmon to grab at the lush fly presented as bait? I hope the hook I grabbed is not too sharp.
My own opinion, as to the three directions that I see this web site going to are;
(1) A web site for anyone, from any walk in life, to get a glimpse of what the cat claims industry and more generally what the claims industry does and does not do. A web site that allows the free flow of discussion in a 'chat room' format regarding any topic; regardless of its relationship to the web site mission statement. A web site that does not tangibly concentrate its focus "to promote the growth and enhancement of .... provide information and resources that may be helpful to ....". A web site that will continue to slide away from its current mission statement, and one that will become the principal portal for some in the claims industry, and any other "come alongers"; to conduct open 'chat room' discussions concerning any or all of the world's woes.
(2) A web site for anyone, from any walk in life, to get a glimpse of what the claims industry does and does not do. A web site whose forums are limited to topics related to the claims industry. A web site that also has a 'back room' chat room, that is not topic specific, but just one 'at will' open chat room; but one that is detached from the forum content. A web site that more tangibly concentrates on its current mission statement, but stays the "middle of the road", in that it doesn't reach far past the expectations of other than what is currently 'going on' in our industry. A web site that provides reasonable information and resources that may be helpful, but one that does not really provide the means to promote the growth and enhancement of adjusters and the claims indusrty.
(3) A web site for the professional development of adjusters. That web site would be limited to an interchange of information related to;
(i) the professional development of 'our community' as a whole, and the development of each individual in their chosen niche within the claims industry.
(ii) An information source for events relating to our professional development.
(iii) A medium in which to conduct 'straw polls' relative to issues affecting the claims industry.
(iv) A medium in which to explore and study policy wordings, hardware, software, and other "tools" relating to the claims industry.
(v) A medium in which to coach, guide or mentor, new or junior people entering or wanting to enter the claims industry.
(vi) A medium in which to discuss methods and procedures relating to completing the functions relating to the duties of an adjuster.
(vii) An information source to share regional information pertinent to our activities in the claims industry. |
Edited by - CCarr on 04/03/2003 11:25:02 |
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Justin
USA
137 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 12:16:46
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Clayton, and what is wrong with a combination of all three?
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CCarr
Canada
1200 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 12:25:38
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Justin, my opinion was of what the three probable directions could be. That opinion did not critique any one direction.
However, I do not think a combination of the three - as stated - is possible. I suggest an attempt at that combination would lead to an undefined form of the '2nd direction'. |
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Newt
USA
657 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 12:28:15
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What ever keeps the site alive is what I would like to see. Less of the jumping on every comment posted as if they were ignorant uninformed comments made by some dummy that climbed out from under a outhouse.
I like the technical aspects and I also like the jousting, and jokes.
If we have to be serious all the time, I had rather eat dry shreaded wheat. If I wanted to read excerpts from a policy or Insurance Journal, I have that resource. Learning is about stories and problems you face, quizes, test the knowledge and asking questions should not get a put down but an answer in a civil manner.
It doesn't surprise me that we get less response from insurance matters than we get from "ALMOST ANYTHING", people are a little skeptical about being put down for their questions or ideas. Maybe not all feel as I do, and maybe not all post here for other reasons I don't know. But the latest round of posts got the old blood pressure up and things come to life. I can't see a reason for anyone getting mad on here, its all in semi-fun, after all when "Slippery Rock" looses a game, even if they are in Pa. I hardly ever get steamed.
All the Texas Quarters are being recalled. They don't work in quarter slots. Seems a Texas A&M student won the prize for designing it, it was two dimes and a nickel duct taped together. Thanks Red Green. |
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CCarr
Canada
1200 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 12:45:57
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Newt, right from your opening comment, I would tend to think that you support the "1st direction" of those I stated. There may well be other directions some see for this web site; the three I envisioned are just general summations put together from generally one end of the scale to the other.
The 'jumping on comments' and your conclusion of that perception, has been a problem for CADO. It undoubtedly, to me, has muted many voices of those who could favorably contribute to this web site.
Newt, let me examine your 'jumping on' tolerance quotient. If someone said to you that your last paragraph, of your last post, relative to today's discussion in this thread, was off topic; would you consider that a 'jumping on'? |
Edited by - CCarr on 04/03/2003 12:51:59 |
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Ghostbuster
476 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 19:21:44
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CCARR...,uhhh,...,well, ya see it's just that...,uhhh,...What???
I don't see what all the fuss is about. Don't you realize we have here one of the finest open group discussion sites on the entire Inner-Net? Just look at the sheer quality and quantity of our topics. Just look at the caliber of our collective communication skills that is so freely shared, not just within our clubhouse, but the entire industry, world, and cosmos! Add to that our eager willingness to have new voices put there two cents into the pot. We have nothing to be ashamed of. Indeed, here is where the action is. Here is where the industry sneaks a constant peek to see what we are doing and saying.
Folks, face it if you please, CADO is where the Big Dogs and the Tush Hogs reside. All other insurance web sites and publications pale in significance to our lil' clubhouse. We have the immediacy, we have the voice, and we are the authority in matters where it counts.
With our combination of senatorial tone and the occasional lynch mob reaction, our unique methods in resolving problems of coverage, technical issues on often obscure devices, human psychology, and then presenting solutions to all cannot be matched by any other medium. And, get this...it's all done for FREE!
Clayton, honey, (as they say in Mississippi), we all will love you forever, BUT, iffen it ain't broke, don't fix it! And, CADO ain't broke! CADO is more than a direction. We'uns is a vector, a direction with force. THAT'S what we are. |
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CCarr
Canada
1200 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 20:13:45
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| Well Ghost, first I'll change my shorts. Then, I'll get my family size jug of Windex out, to splash and clean my glasses and the screen through which I read your message. Maybe that will clear some of the blur or smoke residue that has blocked my vision from many of the things you say exist. |
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ChuckDeaton
USA
373 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 21:11:24
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As most have noticed I post ideas that, in my judgement, will help the community. Many don't share my thoughts, agreeing on a set of CADO standards is one, but all of my posts are done with the good of the whole in mind.
A second thing is that I post real life problems and appreciate the input of those that participate. Clayton and Jim are always interested in a claims problem.
Politics and economics always interest me. |
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CCarr
Canada
1200 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 21:41:43
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Wow Ghost, I can see clearly now, you can hum along the tune if you want. Speaking of hummers, smoochies to you to, but that is likely behaviour unbecoming for your clubhouse. It is quite a sobering thought that every Joe and Jane with an internet connection, can share in the frivolity of the clubhouse; or that every Mike the Manager - of a carrier or vendor - can absorb the voice and authority oozing from the club door step.
However, as always, your visionary portrayal of the clubhouse is both illuminating and undoubtedly accurate. |
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Ghostbuster
476 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 22:16:31
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| CCarr, it's an old Dixie colliquilism, don't get excited. My next door neighbor, Mz Nellie, was raised in the Delta region and says it all the time. Taking an interest in regional quips and lingiustics is always an aid to dealing with Insureds as we go around the country in our travels. Aren't local colorful expressions prevalent in Maple Leaf Land? |
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CCarr
Canada
1200 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2003 : 22:35:02
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| Yes sir there are. "Smoochies" just happened to be the last one I heard today from Deloris at the gas bar today, when I gave her the exact change for my fill up. |
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