Alan, Not sure what I can do, but I'll give a hand where I can.
73, Joel/W4JBB On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Alan VE4YZ <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > So who among you would like to volunteer to rewrite some of the articles > and > bring them up to date? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 > -- Joel Black jbblack(at)charter.net http://www.upromise.com/guest/2128348014 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
