Warm Greetings once more to all Clients, Customers and Friends of Goldnuggetinvest (GNI):
With approximately one week left before we celebrate our third year of on-line presence and one year of opening our doors to the public, today we are announcing what will amount to a series of enhancements and improvements with the objective of:
1. streamlining our operations;
2. reducing if not eliminating confusion and relentless badgering of the program, its friends and administrators;
3. enhanced fact-finding and answers to questions with the assurance said answer is both accurate and on-point;
4. a means of open, honest dialogue between GNI staff and it's members in an environment that is safe for all who will participate.
To achieve these ambitious goals and objectives, we have taken the necessary steps to open the Private GNI Members (ONLY), User's Forum.
You will find our forum at http://goldnuggetinvest.com/forum/
I also like to take the opportunity to introduce Ingenue to you! Many of you know him already from ASA and other forums. Ingenue is one of our strongest supporters and the latest addition to our team, and as all other team members a long time investor with GNI and now administrator of our very own GNI forum.
BACKGROUND:
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This has been an ambitious undertaking given the challenges we have faced over the past year, but a necessary one indeed. The decision to open a private forum was broad, fairly obvious, and will provide a value-added service to our trusted clients and GNI staff alike.
We don't, at the present time, see a reason to abandon the ASA Monitor/Forum, however, GNI administration cannot be held responsible for any information that is incorrect, misleading or unclear on ANY forum other than the new GNI Private Forum. Because the ASA Forum was NOT owned, administered or moderated by GNI staff, GNI does not have any authority to engage in any activities in support or opposition to the ASA or any other forum that currently is hosted on the World Wide Web, other than its own.
RULES:
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1. For this forum to operate in a "transparent" fashion, participation is limited to verified members of GNI with active accounts; and,
2. All participants in the GNI Private Forum MUST register their user name with their GNI Username. The "displayed" name can be anything you wish, so long as it is not offensive to other members; and,
3. All participants are expected to respect others opinions whether or not they are based in fact.
4. Heated discussions are not discouraged, so long as PERSONAL attacks do not ensue or manifest in any fashion.
5. This will be a moderated forum. Moderators are encouraged to allow the conversation (posts) to develop without interference unless clarification is needed or requested.
6. As is true in any forum, some moderators take a more active/participatory role than others. Those who have the title of moderator do so for a reason that the client base doesn't have to agree with.
7. The Private Forum IS NOT a democracy. If an idea surfaces and is something that can reasonably be considered or implemented for the benefit of all, you can be sure GNI admin will do just that, take it under consideration.
8. Any forum participant who is either suspended, banned or removed from the Forum will, unless VERY extenuating circumstances prevail, be asked to leave GNI and no longer be permitted to invest with the program.
9. Please be mindful of sensitive issues that concern the program's operations. Legal questions need to be taken up with your own attorney.
10. Generally speaking, the forum is a place to discuss program related issues. It IS NOT a place to take up your personal issue as the vails of confidentiality no longer apply if this is where the client insists on discussing their matter. To Clarify, NO GNI staff member will seek to address your client specific issue in a public sourrounding. If the client insists, this is were it will be discussed, but is never preferable.
11. Finally, let's keep the tone light, fun, serious if and when it needs to be, informative and honest. Remember, it is as much a privilege to be a participant in this program as it is a privilege for us to be able to assist you with your Customer Service Needs. If we can all remember this, this forum will be as awesome as the GNI Program.
NEW SCRIPT:
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We would all like to acknowledge the incredible investment of time and energy the ten individuals whom Todd asked to assist with the UAT (Users Acceptance Testing). This time consuming, labor intensive process is an integral part of the development process and will ensure the script functions as it was intended, the security features are vigilant and able to withstand the barrage of anticipated attacks that will be made against it, GNI and you, our trusted clients and that the software is user friendly such that all persons are able to successfully navigate through the web site.
We are still targeting to get this implemented by our "birthday" of October 3rd. Time is not being very friendly right now.
FINALLY:
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GNI, from a financial standpoint is solid and will be positioned, come the first quarter of 2010, to go private. We are not able nor willing to discuss ANY aspects of this endeavor and this time. Suffice to say, it will necessarily involved some rather exciting changes.
We wish to take a moment to thank those of you who continue to stand by us and with us. To those of you who don't, we encourage you to leave in a manner that is friendly, amicable and resonates nothing but good mutual good fortune to each other.
It sure is one hell of a ride. We hope you are enjoying this as much as we are!
Take care and God bless all of us,
Robert and your GNI team.
(Remember always to pay your taxes and those who are less fortunate than us. There's a lot of hunger in this world. Let's do what we can to help.)
