I know a huge portion of what has been mentioned has been largely my responsibility. I will try over the course of the next week or so to reorder the events into chronological order.
As for posting events to the main page - I'll look into changing the site configuration to allow that. Shawn Grover wrote: > There IS an easy way to get this fixed. That's to create an account on the > site (or have the exec create an account for you), and then make the changes > you feel are necessary. > > Putting sole responsibility for keeping the site updated onto a single > volunteer is a recipe for disaster. Crap happens and for whatever reason > that person may not be able to fulfill their expected role. BUT THAT PERSON > IS A VOLUNTEER. So What are we gonna do? Dock his/her pay? :) > > I've been in that role before, and can attest to how easy it is to do the > work. But this is exactly why I chose to not do it anymore (and the > increased work load in my non-clug activities). I'm sorry guys, but you can > sit and bitch all you want - you still have to wait for that person, UNLESS > you decide to fix it yourself. In the time it took you to write up the > emails, you could have fixed the problem (assuming you had an account and the > required knowledge to do so of course... and that knowledge is 1) click the > EDIT TAB after you logged in, 2) make the changes, 3) click save... HTML > know how is NOT required) > > The longer the website is "someone else's problem" the longer these types of > issues will go on. And the site will die as a result. > > (apologies if this is confrontational, but I've seen this sort of thing too > often. And my comments are not directed at anyone in particular). > > My thoughts. > > Shawn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 11:47:02 AM (GMT-0700) America/Denver > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] meeting in this month > > Mark Carlson wrote: > >> On 2/5/08, Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> The meeting is indeed posted on the site, I don't know why you guys >>> can't see it. >>> >>> Click on Events. >>> >>> http://clug.ca/events >>> >> Seeing as how the monthly meeting is a huge part of CLUG, I feel (and >> presume others do as well,) that not having the meeting info on the >> front page is outrageous. If you are trying to get people to the >> meetings, it should be on the front page! >> >> -Mark C. >> > > AND----as of a few days ago (even a couple days ago) it WAS NOT on the > site. I even looked through some of the other pages and it was no where > to be seen. > > I agree with Mark that any upcoming events should be posted on teh main > and then when the event is over to have it moved to the events section > of the site. > > And If i could put a note in for something else that kind of annoys me. > I notice that there is inconsistent naming & titling for the > events...specifically for the monthly. This may seem petty but i fidn > stuff like that anooying as well as looking unprofessional. It shows a > lack on continuity and attention to detail. > > This is really miner...bot still annoying...but is there anyway of > putting the archived events in chronological order. I was looking > through the events pages and the dates seem all over the place. I > realize this is likely from moving it over from teh old site...but...still > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
