[Aquanet] Web site changes

[gilles durand]

Hi,

I agree with Roy and Pat.
- I do not see anything wrong with today's "governance" of the list and
please let us keep it simple. I rather think we cannot thank enough Raymond
for his time, dedication and the "computer user friendliness" know how he
brings in.
- I subscribe to the idea of posting the comments on the monthly critique
painting and otherwise keep regular e-mail as the primary exchange medium.


Kind regards to all,

Gilles

-----Message d'origine-----
De : aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com [mailto:aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com]
De la part de Roy Boston
Envoyé : jeudi 17 septembre 2009 06:30
À : patchapin at mindspring.com
Cc : Aquanet The_digital_Brain
Objet : Re: [Aquanet] Web site changes


Hi Everyone,

I didn't get the email from Raymond that Pat refers to but I am more 
than happy with both Raymond's comment and Par's in reply.

Thank you Raymond for all your good work

Roy in New zealand

patchapin at mindspring.com wrote:
> 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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