[DM-MUG] on the website

[Victoria L. Herring]

I'll have David McLaughlin get in touch with you=  I didn't get the 
sense it was all that tough, just that he ran out of time.  Perhaps 
it's something that could be done fairly easily = it's not as if we 
have loads to upload = we're mainly in need of [1] meeting info 
before them and after and [2] occasional posting of reviews or items 
of interest to all.

If there is not a transition soon, to someone willing and able to 
take over the website, and David doesn't want to continue it then 
it'll be a dead website just after people dug deep and contributed, 
even when they could not afford it, and we paid $80 to keep the 
domain name.  Doesn't make much sense to me, frankly.

The benefit of a blogging format is that once the site is greated and 
domain name patched over to it, then we can all share in the upkeep = 
we don't have to ask webmaster to upload, if you have a review or 
whatever it can be posted...but again, it's up to DMMUG members.


>Personally, I'd like to see the site continue instead of going the 
>way of a blogger or Wordpress format.
>
>For how long? What would this entail? It'd be quite a learning 
>experience. I'm afraid I'm not as savvy as the current webmaster. I 
>use GoLive and Fireworks for web work. I know basic HTML. It sounded 
>like a template was used so I could likely pick up or manage. I'm 
>willing to add to the little I know of it. I've only been able to 
>find part time work, so I have the time.
>
>I could transition to volunteer as webmaster and assume the role in 
>mid-November, after I move to my new place. If someone else prefers 
>or is better skilled wants it, and more local, by all means I don't 
>object to them taking on the role. 
>
>-Angela
>
>--- On Tue, 10/13/09, Victoria L. Herring <VLH at HerringLaw.com> wrote:
>
>
>From: Victoria L. Herring <VLH at HerringLaw.com>
>Subject: [DM-MUG] on the website
>To: "MUG Des Moines" <dmmug at dmmug.org>
>Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 3:27 PM
>
>if we cannot find someone to take it over, I am going to propose we
>either create a blog at Blogger or a page at Facebook and then we can
>just use the templates already provided and everyone here can post or
>not as they choose.  I need the webmaster volunteer by the end of
>next week, Oct. 23rd.
>
>And webmastering does NOT need to be done by someone in DM = it can
>be done long distance, as long as the person will be responsive [we
>don't really demand all that much].

-- 
Victoria L. Herring, Des Moines, Iowa. Blogs: 
http://blog.JourneyZing.com  [photography]; 
http://www.herringlaw.com  [civilrights/discrimination]; 
http://victorialherring.typepad.com/serendipity/  [personal].
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