MTRC.org website and maintenance

Maintaining the site is being reviewed by the new board of directors, but if you have suggestions, or want to help, send chuck (ocd-mariner) a pm. or maybe he will jump in here:)
 
Platax was taking care of it. There are several web savvy people in the club, so Im trying to form an e-posse so we can take it to the next level, yo... and stuff.
 
Ok. I recall talking about it at the last meeting, and then someone referred me to it for contact information and it was (and is still) completely out of date. So I figured I would ask what was going on :-)
 
Yes, I was supposed to be the one to give it a complete make-over. My wife recently lost her job, so i have been working 15+ hour days. Unfortunately, I dont think i will have time to take this on any longer :( Anyone up for the task?
 
I am sorry to here that about your wife...

I do software development, but mainly on the SQL/Database side. I could probably do simple maintenance such as updating the membership list.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14766893#post14766893 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ai-reefer
It would be nice if we had our own forum there.
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That would be easy to achieve with phpbb, and a good SQL DB admin.
looks like you already got one.

I may be able to assist in the Install/ config setup of PHPBB. been there dun that.

Mobi
:D
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14766893#post14766893 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ai-reefer
It would be nice if we had our own forum there.
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This has been covered over and over again over the years. ;) We just don't need to. There's no point in the increase in bandwidth (cost) and upkeep while RC provides us a great space here. At least that's been the consensus so far. :)

Some people have disagreed with RC for various reasons through the couple of years that I've been here... sometimes it was fair, other times possibly not.

I think ETRC tried to and have abandoned, but maybe not. They may still be using it, I'm not 100% sure.

Brandon
 
Platax,

I a very sorry to hear about your wfe's job. My wife lost her income a year ago and I know how muh that sucks.

I have a potenial solution. MVLK is a DB guy, and I am a systems god. I ahve a very high speed link here and several servers (yes servers). We can have forums, and our own community if we want at very little, if any cost. ZachB also has some background here, so maybe he might be able to add som help as well.

Ceegee is a graphics guy, and maybe he can tie in the ui peice?

My resume includes being the systems architect behind Microsoft's windows update, and Windows Genuine. Believe me when I say we have whatever we need at our disposal. Count me in for helping.

I am not a web developer, but between mvlk and I, I ahve an idea for a great, yet free solution to use.

Food for thought.

Andy
 
and if i could be of any help....i am also a DB guy...no professional experience, but i would absolutely help if i can
 
Very, cool Andy. We need to get all the geeks together and talk shop one day. :) I'm in adaptive technologies, which means I'm nowhere near a systems god, but I love IT none the less. :)

As far as a forum goes, why would we want to, though?

Also, the other issue is longevity. What happens when you have to leave to take an awesome job somewhere else or similar? Know what I mean. :)

Brandon
 
Of course. I ahve hosting connections (thats the almost no cost part. 4 bucks a month at go daddy. So if needed, xfer there.

Meanwhile, I am here for a long while. I bought a house here, my wife is getting ready to enter school here....no plans on leaving.

As far as forum, RC works well, but is limited. If you saw what I was suggesting it might help. Check out community server.org. I am not suggesting getting rid of RC, but we certainly can tie a whole lot more into it, both for members, officers, and guests.

I am just offering what I can do. If it taakes off and after 6 months everyone (or majority) are using it and hppy, then we can move it to a provider. No sense in starting it wth incurred cost when it doesn't have to.

My link here is 25mb down and 10mb up..faster than alot of cheap providers out there.
 
I agree andy, as I mentioned in another thread, with my previous club, a good website and seperate forum was a big part of growing the club. Also agree with the limitations of RC as a main forum (IE.... searching :rolleye1:, and finding new members) If new people to the area never find RC, then they might not even know we exist. Not t mention the overwhelming aspect of RC for the beginner. For the public stuff it is great, but for a club it is limiting. As I posted before here is an example of my last club's Website and forum Palm Beach Marine Aquarium Society Just look at how much they use RC for the club forum here on RC (they are listed in the Southeast Region here also) and look at the site. It also means that people will have to use another site, vs just this one. But for expanding hte club it will help out immensely!

Brandon is right about the need for longevity, and a backup plan. I think it is something the Board needs to address and start building the ground work on, but our help and input is going to be needed also.
 
I am up for whatever is decided and I can assist with. That includes offering my house for a geek meeting as proposed. I think a meeting would be best as forum postings tend to get inefficient quickly for discussions like this.
 
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