The British Exotic Keepers Society

[JAM3S]

Originally Posted by SNAKEWISPERA

Rory gave up, No one wanted to back him... Hardly no one supported him....
Ive been speaking to him about it

ahh right, he did seem passionate about it.

Are you going to have a representative? a large group of people are always going to have differing opinions and it would be really easy to contradict yourself as an organization. Sorry im not trying to be negative im just imagining possible pitfalls.

[Josh-sama]

Originally Posted by 9Red

I don't mean to be pendantic or rude, but would anyone mind if I were to elect myself as English Language Quality Control?

The general public are much more likely to take a website/organisation seriously if cases and articles are presented in grammatically correct English with correct spelling.

Go for it.
PM me where the errors are/corrections etc.

Originally Posted by TWGarland

I'd agree with that definately.

Josh-sama i'm writing an alternative to the intro thing about BEKS, hope you guys don't mind, i'll post it here when i've finished. To see what you guys think.

Send it via a PM mate.

Originally Posted by JAM3S

ahh right, he did seem passionate about it.

Are you going to have a representative? a large group of people are always going to have differing opinions and it would be really easy to contradict yourself as an organization. Sorry im not trying to be negative im just imagining possible pitfalls.

Joel will be our representitive

[SNAKEWISPERA]

Originally Posted by Josh-sama

Go for it.
PM me where the errors are/corrections etc.



Send it via a PM mate.



Joel will be our representitive

Maybe, Im thinkin of speaking to the FBH ans IHS, about teaming up

[TWGarland]

Ok i've re-worded and slightly changed a few things about the introduction. I think it reads a little better now. I'll post both versions so you can compare.

This is the original version:-

BEKS is a reptile society for all of Britain. Not just one county. BEKS was made to educate the British public that not all herps (or better known as reptiles) are the murdering psychopaths everyone believes them to be!
We at BEKS believe why should people be told what they cannot own as a pet? Owning reptiles and breeding them is a very popular hobby and steadily growing all around the world. They're exotic and unusual pets! This is why we are willing to fight for our right to own these beautiful creatures, as they are our pets and even our family.
Supporting BEKS!

BEKS has gained a huge level of support even within it's first few days of being organised. Mainly from Reptile Forums UK where BEKS originated. The long list of names of members is ever growing and hopes to reach a scale of where BEKS will be heard as a society which made a stand for the reptile hobby.



Ok now is my version:-

BEKS is a new national reptile society, not just encompassing one county, but Britain in its entirety. BEKS was founded to educate the British public about herps ( better known as reptiles), exotic mammals and invertebrates as these increasingly popular pets are equally misunderstood, stereotyped and condemned.
We at BEKS believe that under most circumstances no one should be dictated to as to what they can and cannot own as a pet, as long as they can adequately provide for their animals. Owning and breeding exotic species is fast becoming a very popular hobby and steadily growing all around the world. The purpose of BEKS is to spread the word, we are willing to fight for our right to own these beautiful creatures, as they are our beloved pets and even our family.
Supporting BEKS!

BEKS has gained a huge level of support even within it's first few days of being organised. Mainly from Reptile Forums UK where BEKS originated. The long list of members is ever growing and hopes to reach a scale where BEKS will be recognised as a society which made a stand for the reptile hobby, publicising to those who may know only little about the hobby the real state of play within the exotics industry.


So what do you think? I won't be offended if you want to stick with the original though, don't worry!

Cheers

[TWGarland]

Send it via a PM mate.

Ah, sorry mate, i'd already replied before i read this

[Josh-sama]

Originally Posted by TWGarland

Ok i've re-worded and slightly changed a few things about the introduction. I think it reads a little better now. I'll post both versions so you can compare.

This is the original version:-

BEKS is a reptile society for all of Britain. Not just one county. BEKS was made to educate the British public that not all herps (or better known as reptiles) are the murdering psychopaths everyone believes them to be!
We at BEKS believe why should people be told what they cannot own as a pet? Owning reptiles and breeding them is a very popular hobby and steadily growing all around the world. They're exotic and unusual pets! This is why we are willing to fight for our right to own these beautiful creatures, as they are our pets and even our family.
Supporting BEKS!

BEKS has gained a huge level of support even within it's first few days of being organised. Mainly from Reptile Forums UK where BEKS originated. The long list of names of members is ever growing and hopes to reach a scale of where BEKS will be heard as a society which made a stand for the reptile hobby.



Ok now is my version:-

BEKS is a new national reptile society, not just encompassing one county, but Britain in its entirety. BEKS was founded to educate the British public about herps ( better known as reptiles), exotic mammals and invertebrates as these increasingly popular pets are equally misunderstood, stereotyped and condemned.
We at BEKS believe that under most circumstances no one should be dictated to as to what they can and cannot own as a pet, as long as they can adequately provide for their animals. Owning and breeding exotic species is fast becoming a very popular hobby and steadily growing all around the world. The purpose of BEKS is to spread the word, we are willing to fight for our right to own these beautiful creatures, as they are our beloved pets and even our family.
Supporting BEKS!

BEKS has gained a huge level of support even within it's first few days of being organised. Mainly from Reptile Forums UK where BEKS originated. The long list of members is ever growing and hopes to reach a scale where BEKS will be recognised as a society which made a stand for the reptile hobby, publicising to those who may know only little about the hobby the real state of play within the exotics industry.


So what do you think? I won't be offended if you want to stick with the original though, don't worry!

Cheers

Check the site in 5 minutes.

[Smeegol]

Dont mean to be fussy, but on the BEKS Banner shouldnt the exotic be Exotic. Great banner by the way!

[nickjlucey]

To whoever suggested caresheets were a bad idea, caresheets are great content for search engine optimization, provided they are worded correctly and navigation is properley addressed, this means that you will be driving the right kind of traffic to the site,as initially your main target is to encourage membership and support, then pro actively improving the image of reptiles would be 'phase 2' so to speak.

[Josh-sama]

Originally Posted by Smeegol

Dont mean to be fussy, but on the BEKS Banner shouldnt the exotic be Exotic. Great banner by the way!

Ah! Bloody photoshop. Will fix that now.

[hogs'n'hisses]

this is a brill idea about time we stood up for our exotic pets count me in