[amsat-bb] Seriously - can this be updated?

[E.Mike McCardel]

Okay, Rich has stepped up and offered to help. Anyone else?
Not an IT guy/gal volunteer to do something else.
Believe me, it even takes time to respond to offers of help when you are buried in your work. So I little patience please.

EMike

EMike McCardel, AA8EM
Rotating Editor AMSAT News Service
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> On Sep 24, 2016, at 8:38 PM, sean fay <spatrickfay at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As an former outsider looking in. If I am looking to join a group of active
> amateurs involved with satellite work and someone said "hey you should look
> at AMSAT, they are the ones who put those things up in space" and I went to
> the website and I saw a very out of date "store is inactive until (insert
> date that is way past due)" i would assume that AMSAT is defunct and never
> look back. At best I would not believe the person that told me this is the
> organization that puts stuff in space if they can't even keep their website
> up to date.   It is this kind of thing that discourages new members.
> There is also zero reason members should be attacking other members for
> bringing this up.
> 
> 
> I how ever would not be discouraged if i saw "we are in the process of an
> upgrade. please call Martha for assistance"  with no date. I would just
> call Martha.      Having an out of date date looks super mickey mouse.  I
> am with Peter and Andrew on this
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Peter,
>> 
>> Stop looking at the page if it bothers you that much. What's with the
>> constant nit-picking about EVERYTHING?
>> 
>> Dave-KB1PVH
>> 
>> Sent from my Galaxy S7
>> 
>>> On Sep 24, 2016 2:13 PM, "Peter Laws" <plaws0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> http://store.amsat.org/catalog/
>>> 
>>> I'm not trying to criticize the people doing the work on remodeling
>>> the store.  Stuff happens and without a full-time IT staff, it happens
>>> slowly.  I get it.  It's fine.  More time is needed and that's OK - no
>>> one is going to die and if you *really* need something from the store,
>>> you can call the office (where there is a full-time staff person!).
>>> 
>>> But for goodness' sake, can we take the date, now >1 week in the past,
>>> off the placeholder page?  Just put "closed for remodeling" or
>>> something.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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