[amsat-bb] Re: broken links

[Bill Ress]

Hi David.....Good suggestion but the same old problem. Whose going to do 
it???

Your Board knows the web site needs fixing . . . but whose going to 
volunteer to do the fixing. It was set up by volunteers who are no 
longer around to fix it.

We sure hear about the problems, and the web site has its share. All 
these great solutions but no one willing to part of those solutions. But 
then, it's so much easier to point out the problems than it is to try 
and fix then.

Now I understand it can be hard to find technical talent to volunteer to 
build a satellite but you would think it would be a whole lot easier to 
find a volunteer(s) that can handle web site management. But alas...it 
is not to be.

Oh well, lets keep hitting the Board up side the head, like that will 
surely solve the problem.

Any of this sinking in out there? You can bitch about the broken web 
site all you want but until we get a volunteer(s) to do the bloody 
work... well you know the story.

Here's a crazy idea. How about you folks putting a "team" together to 
share the work so that one person isn't overwhelmed with a commitment to 
fix the problem. Aah - who am I kidding. They'll be no response to that 
either.

Regards...Bill - N6GHz

David Bate wrote:
 > How about setting up a wiki style setup and have everyone contribute
 > updates and so on. So no one person is tied down doing all the updates.
 >
 > On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:39:48 -0400, Tim - N3TL <n3tl at bellsouth.net> 
wrote:
 >
 >> John and all,
 >>
 >> No disrespect intended to anyone - but I found myself exactly in the
 >> place you described in June of last year. The AMSAT Web site helped me
 >> way more than it hindered me. I dare say anyone who knows how to use
 >> Google or any search engine will find many sources of (likely) way 
more
 >> information than he or she will ever need to start working the
 >> satellites.
 >>
 >> None of this is to suggest that so many bad/out-of-date links is a 
good
 >> thing. I second Drew's response - who would like to step up and
 >> volunteer to help improve the organization and its Web site?
 >>
 >> 73 to all,
 >>
 >> Tim - N3TL
 >


David Bate wrote:
> How about setting up a wiki style setup and have everyone contribute  
> updates and so on. So no one person is tied down doing all the updates.
> 
> On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:39:48 -0400, Tim - N3TL <n3tl at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>> John and all,
>>
>> No disrespect intended to anyone - but I found myself exactly in the  
>> place you described in June of last year. The AMSAT Web site helped me  
>> way more than it hindered me. I dare say anyone who knows how to use  
>> Google or any search engine will find many sources of (likely) way more  
>> information than he or she will ever need to start working the  
>> satellites.
>>
>> None of this is to suggest that so many bad/out-of-date links is a good  
>> thing. I second Drew's response - who would like to step up and  
>> volunteer to help improve the organization and its Web site?
>>
>> 73 to all,
>>
>> Tim - N3TL
>