Jim,
We received your comment on the Antique Phonograph Society website, and we appreciate it very much. Welcome aboard! Best, George Paul -----Original Message----- From: Jim Parks <jimpark...@gmail.com> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Tue, Nov 12, 2013 12:41 pm Subject: Re: [Phono-L] New Antique Phonograph Society Website Now Online! I am an old geezer and collector who wrote a lengthy comment praising the group or person who put the wonderful presentation together and was unable to find a way to send it after 20 minutes of typing it out with 2 fingers. Perhaps that is why the note at the bottom says, O comments I am sorry that my praise for all the fine work that has already been done was lost. I don't have the computer skill to spend another 20 min redoing my message But I am glad to be a member and after 50 plus of collecting think that this will be a wonderful organization. Jim Parks On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 4:00 PM, David Dazer <dda...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > The Canadian Antique Phono Society has an online directory of members. A > password is required for access. It would be fun to have a secret > handshake, too! Just kidding about the handshake! > Dave > > > ________________________________ > From: George Paul <gpaul2...@aol.com> > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 6:31 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] New Antique Phonograph Society Website Now Online! > > > 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 > http://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: > > > http://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/ > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
