Does TR need a vision or mission statement?

[bee]

I am not sure that “bringing girls and guys together’ is actually one of the aims of trannyradio.com ?

The question that comes to my mind is “what would be the point for such a statement?” and what or who would benefit from such a statement.

Maybe I am missing something…?

[Anonymous]

Bambi hon

It was just a thought, I would like to see TR go to the next level; I’m sure you know what I mean. I have no personal agendas or politics, I really don’t care. Just thinking out loud

Luv you, hugs
Amy
xx

[Anonymous]

You know what, perhaps TR is at the next level and I’m so green and naive to recognise that, I apologise!

[Adrian]

Well – I’ve sort of been at the helm all these years and I really don’t know where we are going. TR started almost by accident – and I certainly would never have imagined it in its current state back then. We have just drifted along – getting better and better – largely because of the input and contribution of the members.

But is that a reliable recipe for the future?
Quite honestly, probably not.
So I think I see where Amy is coming from.

Personally I know what the values I want to see maintained in TR
Relevant – being useful to the full gender spectrum
Accepting – welcoming everyone no matter where they are in the spectrum
Australia-wide – not restricted to a particular state or region
Unifying – resisting fragmentation of the community
Unbiased – proudly non commercial

I often yearn for some way to bring the T-Girl and T-boi communities together – but that may be in the ‘too-hard” basket.

So I don’t have a vision for the future.
And as Amy asks, do we need one?

[Anonymous]

lol I’m pretty sure that’ bringing girls and guys together’ is exactly what tranny radio does NOT stand for, although I’m also pretty sure that’s not quite what you meant either. Perhaps a self support forum for girls to communicate and grow. I haven’t noticed a significant transmen presence although my mind is going to interesting places wondering if we have ever had a transman on these forums and how they found the experience.

[Anonymous]

Probably because this site is more focused on crossdressers, or should I say has more crossdressers than transsexuals. Well this is how the website pages look to me.

Transmen don’t usually crossdress… if that …is ..even possible?

I can’t believe my pizza cat picture got deleted.. that pic was amazing. aawww.
can I add it here? Or is equivalence (even if it’s funny) completely illegal?

[Fay]

I can see where Amy is coming from but I think the phrase ” bringing girls and guys together” makes it sound like a dating service which it most definatly is not and I for one would NOT like to see it develop that way.

Even just the term “transgender” would restrict the prospective membership and shy away crossdressers and those not at present wishing to go “all the way”.

Support forum certainly has a place in any mission statement as does socialising. I think Amanda has done a great job so far and she is astute enough to see the need for any change.

Hugs,

Fay

[Adrian]

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Transmen don’t usually crossdress… if that …is ..even possible?

Certainly is!

There seems to be a lot of ignorance about the F2M transgender community (for want of a better label)

From my observation, and talking with them, they have all the same stages of crossdressing , transgender/(pre=op TS if you must), and transexual (i.e. a man) we do. They have all the same problems with labels as we have (see the thread on labels for that!) and of course they have very similar problems with the public/doctors/the law.

In that regard there is so many areas in common they would probably finding reading our forums as illuminating as I find reading theirs.

I’ll agree that if, by your label TS, you mean post-operative transgenders then, no, this web site doesn’t focus on them – because there are plenty of web sites out there for real women. The focus of the web site are those who are on a journey inbetween.

Amanda

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I can’t believe my pizza cat picture got deleted.. that pic was amazing. aawww.

PS. Flippant cartoons aren’t very helpful in a thread that is talking about something serious – sorry!

[Anonymous]

I can’t see any appeal at all here for transman I really don’t. But hey that’s just my observation/opinion. Hopefully I’m entitled to it.

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I can’t believe my pizza cat picture got deleted.. that pic was amazing. aawww.

PS. Flippant cartoons aren’t very helpful in a thread that is talking about something serious – sorry!

But what are you really scared of? The thread being turned into something less serious? Do you not have any faith in users here at all? I expressed my opinion on the subject/thread. It was light hearted and harmless, anyone would of figured that out. I don’t see how it really would of changed the vibe of the thread or anything… why so serious?

It really is what makes this forum appear so stale, analytical and sedately business like.
1984 much? I like this forum but it would have a better vibe (and in my opinion more traffic) if it wasn’t so over-moderated.

Moderator

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As you are presumably aware Muffin – there are plenty of under moderated groups out there you can participate in. Maybe its just good to be a little different in TR? Maybe you don’t like it? But that is way off the topic of a Mission Statement. As to more traffic – getting there by padding out the quality post with rubbish doesn’t seem to be value-add to me. If you want to discuss moderation please do it in another thread.

[Anonymous]

Star Trek’s Enterprise needed a mission statement and Stevie Wonder could possibly do better with vision but applying these corporate terms to a friendly site like TR is meaningless. We all know why we’re here and we don’t need the corporate gobbledegook to remind us why. I shuddered when these sorts of terms entered non-profit organisations and schools and would hate to think they would be adopted here. I’m pleased I didn’t add, “going forward into the future” and other such drivel.

I’ll get off my soapbox now, smooth my skirt and skip into the distance.

Julie

[Anonymous]

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bringing girls and guys together

Sorry that is a little confusing and misleading, I was referring to F2M’s

[Anonymous]

I agree it is more transvestite and cross dresser orientated here.

There are plenty of hook up groups and dating services out there.

I think that the tranny part of tranny radio is rather across the board but our group moderator / owner is more transvestite orientated.

[Adrian]

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but our group moderator / owner is more transvestite orientated.

Oh is she?
Bit presumptuous isn’t to take someone you don’t know and give them a label that they certainly don’t associate with.

How about sticking to the original topic which was about “do we need a mission statement” rather than making things comfortable by applying arbitrary labels to TR or its members.

TR is not a fixed entity – it moves and shapes itself to the members desires.
I would suggest that labels are never a good way of classifying something that is fluid.

[Deleted User]

Mission statements are only applicable to a particular Goal to be achieved by a certain date eg the famous one by JFK to land a Man on the moon and return him safely to the earth by the end of the decade. I think TR will go on for longer than the Apollo missions

Anyway back to the point of the OP

In my opinion “The Vision” that I think Amanda might want for TR is a website enabling a diverse group of people to share ideas, socialise (most important in my view) and generally communicate with each other with help on topics of mutual interest whilst enjoying a certain amount of fun in the whole process.

I Know for me personally it delivers in Full on all of the above

Cheers

[Anonymous]

First up, let me say this……this thread is about whether or not TR needs a mission statement, I can’t believe the off topic posts which are totally irrelevant to this subject.

Secondly, I don’t think that we need a mission statement here at all. TR is an internet site/forum that people/members share their personal thoughts or give advice from a personal level, nothing more. If this was a site that offered advice and so on at a professional level then I would say yes but the fact is that it isn’t and we don’t need to go down that route either for that matter I feel.

The old “kiss” theory applies to this one, (no offence to anyone alright???) “keep it simple stupid”. That’s what we need here, nothing more. If we go down the road of mission statements and so on life on TR will only end up more and more complicated.

Peta A.