Panhandle Sub Group

[algulfdiver]

I agree that the Panhandle should just be a part of DDD. We don't need to start a new subgroup or social group or anything. I think that would be less confusing than having another place to look for and try to keep up with. Just change the wording:

Deep Dixie Divers "The south will dive again." Diving south of the Mason Dixon Line including Alabama, Southern Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and the Florida Panhandle.

I agree 100%. I dont know who runs this place but you'd think that we have said it eneough that they would listen. Hell we dive the SAME SITES, why make somthing so easy so hard?
Like changeing where DDD is in the eastern US and leaving Florida in a section to itself.

 

[RV]

I like the Flora-Bama... as a sub of DDD

 

[Hetland]

LOVE The idea! Why not make it something like "Central Gulf", that way we can group all those interested into one area?

 

[Diveral]

Basically we've already defaulted to DDD. Let's leave it there. It's mostly working as is.

AL

 

[algulfdiver]

Basically we've already defaulted to DDD. Let's leave it there. It's mostly working as is.

AL

We as in Alabama but the Panhandle should go in Fl. Altho most do post over here in DDD

 

[OldNSalty]

I have to admit that I was k-fussed as to where to post so it may not be a bad idea (new section)
DDD has that little remark about leaving Florida out of it and the Florida folks generally would rather give the panhandle back to Al anyway (in all regards-not just diving).

For now DDD works for me but I have to ask-where are those folks who live in Orange Beach or Mobile going to post? Honestly, if your dive boat is heading out from Mobile to Pensacola you are probably hitting the same sites in the Gulf.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Why do we need an extra click? Just keep posting here as you are Nobody is bitching about panhandle stuff in the AL section, so just keep posting it here so those that want to keep up on the area don't have to check 3 different areas.

 

[MRXRAY]

Why do we need an extra click? Just keep posting here as you are Nobody is bitching about panhandle stuff in the AL section, so just keep posting it here so those that want to keep up on the area don't have to check 3 different areas.

SPBGM, With nearly 10,000 posts I'd guess you are quite used to the forum but for some of newer posters it is very confusing, I'm never quite sure where to post and when I'm directing new divers to SB, I find myself explaining that they should post in both places sometimes, or DDD, or FL Conch sometimes. It's a mess in my eyes. If you are diving in Pensacola, FL, then you should I would think post in FL Conch, but that sucks as the thread will be 4 pages back in a day due to the heavy traffic from the keys. If we have "An Extra Click" we can target the people in our area, the people that want to read about Whiskey Wreck, or Navarre Beach, etc, without sifting through the Keys threads. I think this would also make it easier for new divers to find diver in this area if you can drill down to our area. If we can get a subgroup created, it doesn't mean you have to use it either. If you want to post to FL Conch you still can, it will just give you another option to drill further down to your target audience!

 

[cmufieldhockey8]

Good point mat, we can continue posting here until somebody bitches. The reason I'm for this panhandle thing is because I'm wondering if I'm irritating somebody in South Carolina because I'm advertising a panhandle dive here in DDD. That and it says no Florida on the description.

But Barry's point that it's confusing to post our stuff everywhere to somebody new is very valid because i was that newbie a year ago. I don't think that it would be too much trouble to have a panhandle group similar to the tampa bay group. It would be one place to look for dives and reports (you wouldn't have to look for upcoming dives in the upcoming dive section and search the regular florida section for dive reports) plus it wouldn't be confusing to the newbies.

That or adding the panhandle to DDD like Denise suggested would be a good idea.

 

[algulfdiver]

Honestly we need a Gulf Coast or Northen Gulf Coast section, Grouping areas that have somthing in common.