This is a notice board at a park. It was denied :sadface:. I am probably going to appeal it, but I wanted to post this here and see if there is anything you all would give me advice on.
Description: “Keep up to date on the happening at the park, right here on the community notice board. The rangers keep it updated weekly, so you’ll never miss out on anything occurring in the park or in the neighborhood.”
Supplemental: Located next to the football/soccer/lacrosse field. It’s updated frequently. The park does allow community members to submit their items to be included on the board, you have to ask one of the rangers.
I really wish these were easier to get approved. If you take the photo with lots of flyers, people say, “Reveals personal information, i can see phone numbers.” But if you take the photo when the board is relatively clean they say, “That’s not very helpful to the community, there’s nothing on it.” Sigh.
Keep up to date on the happening at the park, right here on the community notice board. The rangers keep it updated weekly, so you’ll never miss out on anything occurring in the park or in the neighborhood.
The park does allow community members to submit their items to be included on the board, you have to ask one of the rangers.
That’s a notice board in a sports field park, not the traditional style park you might visit for a picnic or playground (yes, there is a playground nearby on the edge of this park but I stand by a generalization that this isn’t strictly the same). At least in my area, neither of these statements would be true and would come off as superfluous adders to hit eligibility buzzwords. In reality, it’s usually schedule, park map, employee rights, and municipal ordinances.
I’m not saying I think it’s strictly ineligible, I think the original reviewers have have seen it as indistinct for those reasons.
Yeah, but I would think as a sports park it would have information about signing up for teams. That might include informal adult leagues. It would show the game/league schedules. It would have info about how to rent the fields (if that’s an option) in the off season. There might be info about personal coaches who can help you improve your performance in a particular sport.
All of that is valuable community info even if it is focused on sports.
I actually submitted something like that - lessons schedules and information about adult classes etc at a local pool
I submitted the board rather than the pool because they ban photography inside the pool area. It was accepted. I think attending sports groups and classes can fall into both social and exercise
This I agree with, and as I said “I’m not saying it’s strictly ineligible.”
Even something as “simple” as it posting upcoming park sponsored events or leagues you can join fit the rare trifecta of Socializing/Exploration/Exercise.
I also wouldn’t nitpick as a reviewer to decline such as how this one was presented. But I would understand somebody casting doubt for the reasons I shared.
During certain hours, there is a park employee that sits there, checks out equipment, sells concessions and answers questions. That’s also where a lot of the maintenance gear is kept.
Part of me wants to drive back within range (Ingress) and resubmit it and see if eMiLy picks it up and puts it through. The other half of me wants to burn an appeal and get it in that way.
That’s a great thought. Although, when that roller is open, a big part of that is selling concessions and I don’t think that’s eligible. So I went with the community notice board.
You don’t think concession stands are eligible? I like them in community ball parks like this. Concession stands are often run by people associated with the teams as fund raisers, not by employees as a profitable business. Having concessions at a ball game makes it feel more like a community event, IMO. I feel like people are much more likely to get involved and be chatty with each other if they are wandering around the park to grab popcorn, hot dogs, sodas, and then eating them either at a picnic table or bringing them back to the bleachers.
A good mural on a concession stand is always easier to get approved, but the concession stand itself can be part of the communal atmosphere, IMO.
