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     NEW WEB SITE part 1 Rating: N/A |
As millions of people anxiously awaited the Y2K collapse of technology upon the arrival of the new millenium, Class Webmaster Russ fender was busy finalizing his work on technology that will revolutionize the ability of the Class to deliver value to its members. The results of Russ’ efforts are now evident on the Class web site! (www.s291.com). Although the Class established a "presence" on the internet last year, the site had yet to harness the true potential of the web to serve members. The next step, adding powerful interactive and self-sufficient features to the site, proved to be a much larger task. First, it should be noted that the fanfare surrounding this development is NOT merely an attempt to explain the absence of newsletters in 1999. Rather, throughout the year, the Class leadership was confident that this sizable pursuit was a very worthwhile re-direction of our efforts to serve members in an even more useful and timely manner. The bottom line was this: We needed a way to serve members better... faster... and more easily! This quest was motivated by several factors. First, the Class Mission Statement states that the goal of the Class is to facilitate and promote the sharing of knowledge and experience among our membership. Secondly, our success in this area had begun to suffer as of late under the sheer weight of the task at hand. The growth of the Class was making it progressively more difficult for its volunteer leadership to keep pace with the need to deliver valuable and timely information. Thirdly, the growing popularity and ease of access to the internet convinced us that fewer and fewer members would suffer in the transition. Finally, its powerfrul potential for self-sufficiency made it obvious that the web-site was clearly the most effective way to improve upon the success of our communications efforts to date. Before we explain how the site is going to improve Class communications, it is very appropriate that immense credit be given to Class member and webmaster Russ Fender. The Class owes Russ a huge "thank you" for his tremendous efforts on the web site. When you visit the site, take a moment to send him a BRIEF email expressing your apppreciation. This point is important because, like all of us, Russ has numerous responsibilities and obligations that restrict the amount of time he can volunteer to a cause such as this. In fact, Russ’ familiarity with time constraints was instrumental in his ability to develop a solution that would greatly reduce the work load on the Class Officers (and hopefully the Class webmaster as well!). Which brings us to how the site works and what could possibly be the most important value of the web-site: "self-sufficiency". (continued in Part 2) |
