[Webmaster_forum] Justifying site removal.

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:34:29 -0500

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Perhaps we would start moving in the right direction if we stopped 
talking out of both sides of our mouth and started using both sides 
of our brain.

If the reason for a website is exposure, give me one valid 
justification that removing the squadrons link promotes this end.
(Excluding falsification of information or flagrant abuse.)

Even an obsolete site will have some contact information.

In my district, the most active and cosmetically attractive web sites 
do not coincide with the most active, vibrate and growing squadrons. 
The first Chicago website I built had all the information necessary 
for squadron members and guest viewers: Boating course schedule, 
meeting and members class dates and contact information.  Graphics 
were quite minimal. Colors were based on the 16 Netscape web save 
colors. The entire site fit on a floppy disk ........ along with 2 
other web sites (1996) Because the squadron had a well thought out 
agenda, the annual schedule needed little tweaking. (Mostly spelling 
corrections.)

I am now forced to spend more time tweaking and adding and chasing 
people for input because of poor/delayed scheduling than I spent on 
the year long JN and N classes.

-dave schuppert

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Perhaps we would start moving in the right direction if we stopped
talking out of both sides of our mouth and started using both sides of
our brain.<br><br>
If the reason for a website is exposure, give me one valid justification
that removing the squadrons link promotes this end. <br>
(Excluding falsification of information or flagrant abuse.) <br><br>
Even an obsolete site will have some contact information.<br><br>
In my district, the most active and cosmetically attractive web sites do
not coincide with the most active, vibrate and growing squadrons. The
first Chicago website I built had all the information necessary for
squadron members and guest viewers: Boating course schedule, meeting and
members class dates and contact information.&nbsp; Graphics were quite
minimal. Colors were based on the 16 Netscape web save colors. The entire
site fit on a floppy disk ........ along with 2 other web sites (1996)
Because the squadron had a well thought out agenda, the annual schedule
needed little tweaking. (Mostly spelling corrections.)<br><br>
I am now forced to spend more time tweaking and adding and chasing people
for input <i>because</i> of poor/delayed scheduling than I spent on the
year long JN and N classes. <br><br>
-dave schuppert<br><br>
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