[Aquanet] New Books and workshops pages

[Raymond Blum]

Thanks - I will definitely find some way to make "how to join" more obvious!
---Raymond

Louise & Rich wrote:
> Raymond,
> Again, thanks for all the work you're doing for this wonderful group.  
> The list looks great and especially like the idea of having a place to 
> announce workshops and new books, aside from the email announcements 
> (which I hope will still continue).  Although the home page does 
> indicate how to join our group, it is not that readily visible to 
> someone who has never been to our site before.  If I might suggest, 
> perhaps under the "About Us" tab, a sub-tab could be "Join Us" or "Free 
> Membership".  I only mention this because I've told many watercolorists 
> about this site, but they never seem to say they've joined or knew there 
> was something to join.  You know how some people only read the titles of 
> articles and don't read the article!!!
> Thanks for everything -- you're terrific.
> Louise
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Blum" <raymond at paidtech.com>
> To: <aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 9:46 PM
> Subject: [Aquanet] New Books and workshops pages
> 
> 
>> Hi all
>>   I am going to scrap some of the legacy pages from the old site - and 
>> will be adding some new equivalents. My plan is to have the following 
>> when all is said and done:
>> 1) Home page with the monthly critique, much as it is now
>> 2) The monthly gallery, much as it is now
>> 3) Prior monthly galleries on the home page, much as it is now
>> 4) Sponsors page, much as it is now
>> 5) Individual Sponsors' pages, linked to from 4) above, much as it is now
>> 6) A new Members' books page
>> 7) A new Members' workshops page where members can post notices of 
>> classes or workshops  of interest
>> 8) A new "About Aquanet" page with our history, mission statement and 
>> tributes (to Cia, for example)
>>
>> If you have any thoughts regarding additional content or suggestions 
>> for the above, please dicuss them here* - I am looking for ideas and 
>> feedback.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> ---Raymond
>>
>> * Preemptive note to some of our more volatile members, please discuss 
>> here, publicly with the entire list rather than sending me your 
>> vitriol. I am sure that you know who you are.
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>>