[amsat-bb] Re: broken links

[Joel Black]

Another two sites I really like reading on a daily basis are
www.slashdot.org and www.lifehacker.com.  What do y'all think.

I agree with Bill, it should be a community effort in case folks get burned
out or become unavailable.

73,
Joel/W4JBB

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Bill Ress <bill at hsmicrowave.com> wrote:

> 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 None of this is to suggest that so many bad/out-of-date links is a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
> >
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Joel Black
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