Thanks, George V., for your nice feedback - - and to everyone who has responded positively. The website is a work in progress so all feedback, suggestions, and criticism is much appreciated.
As to a membership directory, the Boards are considering options for this feature; however, security and privacy have become overarching concerns. Last year for example, an old printed MAPS Directory appeared on eBay. We intend to keep any such information under our control. To that end, we are considering a more secure approach to allow individual online directory reference in a restricted "members only" area of the website. We also need to think about vendor or repair listings, and will likely use some web-feature for this rather than in a directory, as we have in the past. We believe it's especially important for new folks who aren't yet members to have access to parts & repair services before they damage their phonographs. The website should be an effective conduit for those connections. That's also in the near future. Please keep your ideas coming, and happy collecting - - George Paul -----Original Message----- From: George <victr...@triton.net> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 3:23 pm Subject: Re: [Phono-L] New Antique Phonograph Society Website Now Online! Beautiful web site! Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen and building the site. Has there been any thought yet to a directory of members and maybe a directory of various suppliers and repair people. As a repairman I sometime get asked if I know of anyone near a person that could help them with something simple instead of having to pack and send out the whole unit. Thank you, George Vollema Great Lakes Antique Phonograph 9496 N Woodbridge Ave Bitely MI 49309 231-745-7175 victr...@triton.net www.victroladoctor.com ----- Original Message ----- From: George Paul To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 12:46 PM Subject: [Phono-L] New Antique Phonograph Society Website Now Online! As part of the merger of MAPS and APS, the new website for the Antique Phonograph Society is now operational. Our intent is to make the website a valuable resource for beginning, intermediate, and advanced collectors. To that end, there are presently six introductory articles on identifying antique phonographs, proper operation, a glossary of terminology, and the collecting of antique phonographs. More are on the way, plus articles for intermediate and advanced collectors. In addition, back issues of "The Sound Box" (2004 through 2011) are now available at the click of a button. Some future events are announced, plus a report of a regional groups's recent meeting. And the Online Shop currently offers 4 different DVDs of interest to collectors. There are also pages for quick and easy joining/renewals, donations (which have helped make this website a reality), and for contacting us. The new website is only a starting point; the result of many, many hours of work by people around the world. Because we believe that most beginning collectors will find us through the Internet, we have front-loaded our initial "Articles" offerings for maximum value to novices. Expect to see additional features in the weeks to come, including articles of interest to intermediate and advanced collectors, some outstanding book-length resources unavailable anywhere else, and videos. We at the Antique Phonograph Society are pleased with our new beginning, and we are quite eager to add new and exciting features in the near future. We invite everyone to visit the website at: www.antiquephono.org We also encourage our members to offer suggestions for future additions to the website, and of course to RENEW! Finally, I'd like to recognize the excellent work of both Boards of Directors (MAPS and APS) for their efforts in developing the new website; to the Xakbox team who performed the programming and responded to our endless requests for modifications; and to our donors, whose generosity enabled the plan to become reality in a remarkably short time. As Rod Pickett and I have stated before, we think our hobby is on the brink of a new era. Best regards to all, George Paul ://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
