[Aquanet] Web site changes

[patchapin at mindspring.com]

So much is easily conveyed by email, but then again so much is lost.  I am 
sorry that I ever mentioned Facebook.

One of the fantastically good things about Raymond Blum is he has acted on 
behalf of the list and because he is himself an artist is possibly "tuned" 
to the wavelength involved but also has the technology and the patience to 
fool with it.  As we all know, ain't nobody getting rich off Aquanet.  I 
don't understand the thrust of Mr. Rojas' post, as the way I saw the initial 
message, we were invited to give an opinion.

So far as visual mockups, I don't do that unless it is a commission client 
and they are paying big bucks, and then you are only getting 3 thumbnails at 
most.  No need for all of this.

Finally, if we are going to have governing bodies for the thing, I'm outta 
here.  Too many cooks in this case will not only spoil the broth, but the 
only Master Chef will refuse to go in the kitchen.

pat chapin
www.patchapin.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raymond Blum" <raymond at paidtech.com>
To: "Aquanet The_digital_Brain" <aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Aquanet] Web site changes


> Hey everyone
>
> First of all: read my message again - I never said that I would remove 
> the email list, on the contrary see my quote "I would keep the list 
> around" - I am surprised that so many of you read that into my  message. 
> Sorry for the ambiguity.
>
> Secondly: members vs sponsors - the members page is one that I have  not 
> even touched since I took over the site and I have not given it  much 
> thought. I've put my energies into the galleries and the  critiques - part 
> of the redesign I am planning is the overhaul and  replacement/retirement 
> of many of the other pages.
>
> Thirdly: regarding the comments or call for a board of governance or 
> directors for the site - sorry, but that is just out of the question  in 
> my opinion.  This is still a non-profit community site but the idea  of 
> running things by committee has 0 appeal to me.  And in response to  the 
> comment that I am deciding to just redesign our site without  regards to 
> the members' opinions, that's what this email was... a call  for a 
> discussion *before* I made a big change, so I don't see how that 
> implication could be made.
>
> So, what I get out of this so far is:
> 1) Keep the list as the primary medium of discussion
> 2) Add comments to the gallery pages
> 3) Do something to prevent spam from the gallery page comments (that 
> something to be determined)
> 4) Continue to encourage people to visit the site through emails
> 5) Lose the obsolete members' pages and possibly replace them with 
> something current, as they are obsolete which is causing confusion
>
> ---Raymond
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