Hi all, Just had Samia on phone a minute ago. She will send the Board a message tomorrow or Tuesday to offer her help as the future technical admin/webmaster. In all ways, the best solution is to use the old website and transfer ALL its contents to the forum. By doing this, 1- no domain name to pay for the GGA 2- one and only one place on the Internet for our members 3- a substantial gain in time as, Samia told me, doing a proper website with full contents in the html language would take much longer. I motion we wait for Samia's message then name a team of moderators who are GGA members. They will have to be GGA members with enough spare time to ensure a daily presence on the forum/site. I then motion we give up the old website progressively so as to have everything we need to be online on http://globalgeckogga.positifforum.com/ Samia is of course willing to integrate the Board as the Interim Internet Manager/developper/main administrator. May I have a second? Hervé
______________________________________________________________________________________________ Editor of the Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Administrateur du forum reptiles, rongeurs et amphibiens Les Dragons d'Asgard http://dragonsdasgard.actifforum.com From: le...@daygecko.com To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com Subject: RE: [gecko]GGA Forum & Website Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:07:38 -0500 FORUM Communicating the existence of the GGA Forum to a FEW folks is beneficial, Melody and Elizabeth being ideal. With a few people looking it over, we can get an idea of adjustments, things that are great, etc. Hervé can move forward. The banner on the GGA website - is that a good possibility? WEBSITE Having the OLD website with "information" and "content" up to date gives a new webmaster/web designer something to work from. Brittney's main complaint was a lack of input from Board members. Her efforts were taken from the old Website. Pretty much this is how most all web designers start - working from what exists. Updating INFORMATION on the old/current website is very, very beneficial. Potential members have correct information, past members see effort from the board. Based on that, I will keep getting bits of the OLD website current….to our benefit. From: gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com [mailto:gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com] On Behalf Of Hervé Saint Dizier Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 10:45 PM To: mailing list GGA Subject: RE: [gecko]GGA Forum Hi Julie, Yes, the GGA banner should be re-worked using vectors but I don't have any software doing that, so the idea is most welcome! Just send me the final version whenever it's ready. Melody was on the list when I posted the link to the forum, as for Elizabeth I have never denied I had contacts with her (not about the GGA, more like a gecko penfriend) so I simply asked her to open an account and tell me her opinion, as she has experience with forums too. Trust me as I have plans in mind for all the Internet side of the GGA, it's just a matter of time, I wouldn't worry in terms of huge delays or feasability of such or such thing. Personal thought: we might waste energy on trying to make a patchwork with operational and non-operational parts with the old website, but I tend to think something brand new is way better than a piece of old torn cloth with too much repairs on it ;) I'm nearly a noob with html but with phpBB1 or 2 that's another story ;) With all due respect, Hervé ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Editor of the Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Administrateur du forum reptiles, rongeurs et amphibiens Les Dragons d'Asgard http://dragonsdasgard.actifforum.com > From: gec...@cal.net > To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com > Subject: [gecko]GGA Forum > Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:36:35 -0700 > > Herve, I did not realize the forums were open (I've seen Melody and > Elizabeth Freer on there posting), can we hold off on telling folks > about it for now until we have all had a chance to check it out and give > some feedback on it? > > I don't know if anyone else that has looked on the forum noticed but the > GGA banner at the top is pixelated a fair amount for me, can we use a > higher quality graphic? I can ask my other half to work on that if you > like. > > Looks like a great start for a forum in general, good work Herve! > > Best, > > Julie > > -- > www.geckoranch.com > Serving the gecko community since 1993 > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > Board of Directors > http://www.gekkota.com
