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<DIV><FONT size=4>A good IT person can set up the "blind link" easily on
the squadron website. The Nat'l website has dozens. In Bellevue, we have
that for every major officer and committee chair. When the specific person
changes, the IT changes that persons email address to the one of the new person
behind the scenes, and the public doesn't have to keep updating address
books. Noone is suggesting that online is the only way to go. Our target market
does use this method.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The 10 signups and then a total no-show on the day of the
seminar is very unfortunate. Setting up online payments is a costly
overhead expense, but would be an answer for attendance likely.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Lonnie Butler</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Past Cdr</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=barcthom@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:barcthom@sbcglobal.net">Barclay
M. Thomas</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lonnie.butler1@gmail.com
href="mailto:lonnie.butler1@gmail.com">Lonnie Butler</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=psml@usps.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 04, 2009 6:43
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Psml] Barriers to
Registration</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Markus, et. al.,
<DIV>I agree that on-line class registration should be made available
BUT, if the squadron SEO does not 'do' computer (for whatever reason) and the Executive Committee (who would/should have
the responsibility in such case) cannot find a person with the capabilities
and willingness to field the emails and do the integration with DB2K, then the
on-line registration should be blocked.</DIV>
<DIV>The squadron may lose some prospective students by not having the on-line
signup, but having the link active and no one to handle the queries would be
even more damaging. Nothing worse than having a student show up for a class
only to be told "sorry never got your application, no books/space for
you".</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>With all, or most anyway, Boating class and seminar reports going back to
Nat'l via computer now, someone has to be doing the on line stuff anyway so
maybe a little persuasion/cajoling/sweet-talking might get them to handle the
incoming request task as well. I can understand though that some members may
be unwilling to put their email address out there for all to see. Something
else for the IT folks to work on, but setting up a method for blind links
would be quite a task for this site I'd think. <BR><BR>
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<DIV>P/C Barclay M. Thomas, AP</DIV>
<DIV>Saybrook Squadron, District 1</DIV>
<DIV>United States Power Squadrons®</DIV>
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