On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 04:14:32PM +1000, Jason Armistead wrote:
> My frustration is that:
> (a) the GFA executive members / office staff didn't post an e-mail to this
> list (where plenty of their members are known to hang out)
> (b) the GFA apparently didn't contact its member clubs (at least nothing
> that I'm aware of as at our Committee meeting on September 17th)
> (c) the GFA didn't contact the membership secretaries of its clubs (i.e. me)
> despite the fact they have our names, address and e-mail on file.
> (d) the GFA could have even e-mailed every single member which it has an
> e-mail address for on their database
With all due respect, AG /is/ the "official" organ of the GFA. So
while I agree that it'd be nice if they'd use alternative methods
/as well/ as placing a notification in AG, to my way of thinking
the AG notification is all they should be expected to do (and it's
their option if they want to exceed that expectation by sending email,
notifying clubs, etc).
> I don't believe this is the job of the GFA webmaster (which is why I lay no
> blame at your feet). It should be the role of the GFA Executive and paid
> staff - they're the people with the ability (and responsibility) to "Press
> Release" this sort of stuff and generate the bulk of the content.
Surely they've met their responsibilities by providing the official,
authorative notification in AG?
I'm not trying to pot-stir here; it just seems that GFA people are
getting a kick in the arse even though they've exercised their
responsibilities to the extent that it is required. Having been in
that situation before myself, I can assure you that it isn't a pleasant
experience.
Saying that you'd like it *if* they'd do more than they're required to
is one thing; Getting frustrated because they don't is something
completely different.
> Maybe Simon Hackett can run a quick webstats / analog analysis of the GFA
> web site logs to actually give us an indication of how many people have
> visited those pages. It would be interesting to review those again in the
> next few weeks (once people have read this thread on the list).
Simon doesn't need to; Those stats are available to the webmaster
already as a standard part of the web hosting service.
- mark
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