Alan, David, Tim Joel, et al, I have prepared a presentation to the Board on the web site. We need 1) content 2) people to periodically update the information 3) new software to access the web site for periodic update 4) possibly a new structure to add to the current web site.
All of these things are possible, it mostly requires people to volunteer and follow through on a long term basis. 73, Gould, WA4SXM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan VE4YZ" <ve...@mts.net> To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:38 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: broken links > > IMHO fixing the existing site is not the answer. > > If the executives will okay the use of a Wiki format, I am sure that 3 or > 4 > of us can communicate off list to set up a group to install and administer > a > Wiki on another server. > > We can call it The SIG ( Satellite Interest Group ) or whatever for now. > Any and All AMSAT members can then be registered to maintain the Wiki. If > the members and executive like the results it can be migrated to the AMSAT > server. It must include RSS, news feeds, and a forum in addition to all > the > stuff ( current or otherwise ) on the existing AMSAT site. > > The cost to this 3 or 4 person ( or more ) "steering committee" would be > the > registration of a name and a year on a web hosting service such as GoDaddy > what runs a similar server a AMSAT's host. Or, use the AMSAT hosting > company. So this small group would have to come up with less than one > year's AMSAT membership to start this project. > > We use an Open Source Wiki, no more customized PHP like the current site > that is high maintenance and really hard for anyone to get into the head > of > any former code whacker to modify or update. > > We need the AMSAT exec okay because there would be a lot of cut 'n paste > of > old stuff from the existing site into the pilot project where is would be > available for updating a la Wiki. > > I don't do this for a living, I do maintain a couple of club web sites, > but > I bet we have a member reading this who is a professional web-whacker who > might oversee the team and keep us from making dumb decisions such as > choosing the wrong open source wiki to being with. > > That's my 2 cents and just one warm body being offered for the effort. > > 73, Alan VE4YZ > EN19kv > AMSAT LM 2352 > http://www.wincube.ca > > > > > --- On Tue, 9/8/09, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbren...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > So who among you would like to volunteer to rewrite some of the articles > and > bring them up to date? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
