I am surprised at the reluctance of members of Planet to say where they live, Town or City and Country. This may be deliberate, although any reason for this escapes me, or just an oversight.
Disclosure to me has a couple of advantages.

1) It enables contact between Planeteers within countries at shows, clubs etc, at the last Euro we organised a meal and Planet Badges so that we could recognise fellow forum members. I've just seen a thread where two members have just discovered that they live just a few miles apart-Avatars are unhelpful in this respect!
2) Members often post items for sale and an immediate reaction is "Where are you" as there is a need for either the buyer or seller to calculate postage costs.

I recently encouraged a new member in Canada to post a "Calling all Canadians" which resulted in many positive responses and it looks as though some people who would not normally have met will now be able to put faces to names by attending one of the Canadian shows.

I have met many new friends through Planet and to me extending the boundaries beyond just a computer screen is a means of developing the hobby, encouraging show attendance, Ad hoc meetings, local contact, etc.

I would be interested in the forums views on this, should there be more encouragement when joining to show your location? could existing members be encouraged to add it to their personal details?

Keith

Bedale North Yorkshire.

Roger.

Really Carl-I think I'm gonna move

East Lancs, but you already know that Keith Good idea though, when I was ebay selling I got enquiries from people within a few miles radius who were otherwise unknown. It does make you wonder how many people there are who follow this hobby in a relatively private & solitary way; an iceberg syndrome perhaps, the majority hidden under the surface.


Geoff

I'm fairly close to you as well Keith. Only 7 time zones, 4237 miles or 8 hours and 48 minutes by air!

Gary

Great points Keith

Some folks have not seen the "Location" option under preferences ( http://www.planetfigure.com/account/personal-details )

I will see about making it more prominent

I live in the Chicago area — Wheaton to be exact, but know absolutely no one who is a figure painter. In fact, I don’t even know any modelers. There are more than enough clubs around here — IPMS, AMPS and MMSI, but they all meet on either Friday night (MMSI) or Saturday morning. Unfortunately, my life/work schedule just doesn’t mesh with their meeting times. Just wondering how many Planet members there are near me.

Russ

I'm about 4hours South by Southwest from ya! (St Louis burbs)

Although I'm from Dallas, I now live somewhat close to the Nashville area.

Bethlehem, PA, which we call "Bethlum", or if you're from Allentown (Ahllentahwn), you say, "Beth-lee-hem", nahw vunce.

Prost!
Brad

I think it is deliberate for some folks, because the Internet can be a dangerous place, and depending on how far into a forum an outsider can get, he can mine a lot of useful info. So, I'm not surprised if some folks choose not to advertise some details. As Dwight Schrute said, "Identity theft is no joke, Jim!"

Prost!
Brad

GLASGOW.........No Mean City
The glorious Maggie Bell , first up is the polished version in Sevenoaks,. The second is a home game at The Ferry .


Cheers
Derek

I think you should

Not a bad choice of music for a Priest

I live in the animal field in Saxony - good old Germany.

Cheers

Hendryk

I live in Plano, Texas, a big suburb of Dallas

I live in Le Roeulx (near Mons) in Belgium!

Laurent

Small village called Lewedorp in the Netherlands and of course under see level