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A word of caution about the Yahoo! Calendar. The problem is some of
the fields do not map properly with Outlook - eg - the location for
example. Like it or not, I have to use Outlook to maintain the
calendar because it also has to go into the Newsletter. The Yahoo!
one cannot be output in a satisfactory format suitable for the
Newsletter. The bottom line is I only have time to maintain one
calendar. I've been playing with it but haven't found a fix yet.
There is never a perfect solution but at least you can see all the
events in a given day. The technology just isn't there yet. 

I am not going to remove the current calendar because some users want
the PDF and PST versions. I like to be accommodating but I have been
pushed as far as I can go. I am NOT prepared to sacrifice the
Newsletter for the sake of the website no matter how much whining
there is. The website is not the exclusive means for the Club to
communicate with the membership. I have been forced to make trade
offs which, as we now know, were unacceptable to some. In fact, all
this endless discussion from a very small minority regarding the
calendar has already hurt the April Newsletter as I have to spent
time typing emails instead of working on the Newsletter. I think this
is a disservice to the rest of the membership. I will only entertain
further suggestions that accommodate BOTH the Newsletter AND the
Website. I will NOT sacrifice one for the other. If I sound annoyed,
I AM! 

- -Rod Plunkett
Newsletter Editor

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rod Plunkett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [obc] Yahoooooo!


> >>>>> "Celia" == Celia McInnis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: 
> 
>     Celia> Thanks, Rod. for the yahoo calendar. It works. Now if I
> can 
>     Celia> twist you arm just a littttle bit more - how about
>     Celia> replacing the broken OutLook calendar with the properly
>     Celia> functioning Yahoo one?
> 
> Yes -- I have to agree -- the Yahoo one is more useable from a web
> browser (it doesn't look as nice though).  The frames are cool
> though.  With yahoo:
> a) all events are listed for a given day (which is far more useful
>    that the "more-see details" doo-dad).
> b) a search box.
> 
> I wanted to find the Tour de Nortel.  It was hard to find on the
> OBC WWW page calendar (I guessed that it was in may an I spotted
> Nortel burried in the right hand frame).  Yahoo is out-of-sync
> because it's on May 5.
> 
> -----
> Now all you have to do is configure the yahoo calendar to send
> "reminders" to the obc mailing list so that Rosmarie doesn't have
> to. :-) e.g.: Socials, a day before, Sunday rides two days before,
> etc.  
> 
> Subscribing the calendar may be tricky.  One might have to coerce
> it. 

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