A number of people have asked me, so, for the record: 1. Yes, I did offer to continue providing the same same-day time trial results service which I have enthusiastically given for most of the past 5 years (last year was a little slower since I was working out of the country and hence not at the TT's to pick up the results). The offer still stands.
2. Also, I think that it's great that OutLook makes it easy to maintain the calendar and produce what is needed for the newsletter, and hence I offered (way back in December/January) to fix/replace the busted web calendar pages which it produces as well as to generate separate schedules for each type of event. Certainly the proto-type solutions which I gave qualify as accommodating the newsletter, the website, and the club members. The offer still stands. I tend to be strongly optimistic by nature, but by now I've fallen down to steps 2 and 3 of that Serenity Prayer. Celia Rod Plunkett wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. > ------ To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED], (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
