[Aquanet] web site changes

[Raymond Blum]

To be honest., Mr Rojas, I am not sure what you mean by "is our  
webmaster involved?"  - who do you think *I* am?:

On Sep 16, 2009, at 4:50 PM, David & Caryl Rojas wrote:

> ClamAV 0.95.1
>
> Hello to all Aquaneters (?): I have not been to the site for a  
> while( had  major surgery ) but all of a sudden I find myself in the  
> midst of "sudden and profound change" to our web site, and to our  
> methodologies and manner of relating to other artists,  all  Aquanet  
> artists having the simple premise that we are artists of every rank  
> and experience having one common bond, and that is our love for art  
> and for the medium of watercolor.  Now I find that Mr. Blum is  
> taking upon himself to make, as he puts it, "a fairly major  
> overhaul" to our website, and desires "feedback". I hope I am wrong,  
> but I realized at that moment, that we do not have a Board or some  
> body of authority, to authorize such a major decision.  Is our  
> WebMaster involved? I do not question or challenge Mr. Blum's vision  
> of attempting to make Aquanet more responsive to technologies of the  
> day.  I only wish that he had given us beforehand an opportunity to  
> share our thoughts with his intent, before his final decision to  
> bring up his idea to the membership at large, allowing us to share  
> impressions to add or modify this "vision".  As with the majority  
> of  Aquanet members, I too applaud Mr. Blum's efforts in maintaining  
> our website, and for the sacrifice in time and commitment he has so  
> graciously given us, particularly in light of the salary we are  
> paying him.  If am out of line, then  I apologize  to Aquanet and  
> to  Mr. Blum; but I find that as I get older, rapid change, and  
> particularly change without dialog, gets more challenging if I have  
> to react, instead of proacting in a more professional manner.  I  
> would also think that Mr.Blum would assume that we would all "think"  
> before replying to such a sudden change.  I would offer a suggestion  
> that we see a visual  template, or preliminary model of what he is  
> attempting, before we respond to his notice. In that way, we can  
> make more effective and supportive comments that would make such  
> changes to the website a final product that we can all appreciate.   
> I have fears that having our website reflect the operations and  
> philosophy of Facebook might jeopardize our vitality and uniqueness  
> as an art source presently having a substantial impact to other  
> artists.
> David R.
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