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Dave Brown
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Response Posted - 03/21/2009 : 19:54:04

As some one new, I would keep in mine
1 Not all are THAT computer savy!!
2 It's a web site for info, to help all, not just a few.
3 KISS; keep it simple Stupit.---not you, it's just a saying.
thoughts from a newbe.
D B .

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joemireur
1st Mate

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33 Posts

Response Posted - 04/12/2009 : 11:13:35

I read some of the replies to the proposal made back January. I don't know if any of the proposals were approved or implemented. However, I trust these guys who are busy talking back and forth and posting regularly here to make the correct decision. I think as a group we are perfect, because so many of us come to take, yet all seem to be willing to give as well. Which is why I'm posting this morning. I lost the renewal notice I received earlier this year. And now I cannot find that I have paid my dues for this year and I don't know how to go about doing so. Except - post in the forum!

So I would say the email notification is a must! Web based payments and picture posting also.

Thanks,
Joe

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Peregrine
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Response Posted - 04/12/2009 : 12:19:57

In light of the current ways we have to communicate and interact, mostly on the forum, and with the Mainsheet having it’s limitations, the Tell Tales sitting passively in the members area what Paul has proposed could be a great way for the Association to serve many members and give individuals a voice (blogs, profiles, photos) that the forum isn’t designed for.
I have been and am concerned that many here see the forum as the “Association” a more interactive web site could expand that to create an association that works in the world of the internet.
Issues like making sure every paying member has notice of and access to officer elections still have to be carefully considered and at the moment that is only done through the Mainsheet. But having access to member’s profiles and a blog could go a long way towards having a larger base of leadership possibilities.
IMO – We need much more than the forum to be an association and I whole heartedly support expanding the web site and the members ability to use it.

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captck
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Response Posted - 03/07/2010 : 05:14:00

Keep the forum as is. Concentrate on sailing the boats.
All the web stuff is just a sideline not the focus.
Stay on track.

CK

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Admin
 We are considering adding a new 'Members' site to compliment the association current site.

The intention is to elevate the value of membership.

Here's a brief overview of the things it 'might' include.

PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS BEFORE RESPONDING - And then please keep your responses short (so don't quote the whole thing

)

Note: I am a professional website programmer, online data systems are my speciality, I have developed e-commerce and online mgmt systems for a wide range of companies from small mom&pop sites to international corporations.
Obviously there is a lot of work involved in a system like this and it's my intent that should I decide to proceed with the project, then I will make it a service that I will market to other associations.

Disclosure notice:
The Assocation would in effect be the guinea pigs for this project.
If I proceed with this project, I do intend to make it a profit center for my company.

Member access:

<ul>
<li>
Membership - Self management of joining and renewals (online option to pay via pay pal)
.. If someone wishes to pay by check they will be able to print out a renewal invoice and mail it in, then mgmt will process the event.
.. Online password recovery
.. Members will be able to manage the content of their own profile.
.. Members will be able to join/renew for multiple years Membership
.. Members wlll automaticaly receive email renewal notices (several!)

</li>
<li>
Image hosting - Members will be able to upload images to the site for reference in the forum.
.. Images will include title and description
.. Members will be able to cut and paste a code chunk to paste into the forum to display the images in the forum.
</li>
<li>
Slideshows - Members will be able to select and sort images for inclusion in slideshows. (see Image hosting above)
</li>
<li>
Blog - Members will be able to maintain their own blog, including images (see above)
</li>
<li>
Sail Log - Members will be able to maintain an online log of their sailing activities
.. capable mobile phones will be able to update the logs
</li>
<li>
Maintainence Log - Members will be able to record maintenance events online
.. Members will be able to set maintenance events with reminders that will be emailed when the date arrives
</li>
<li>
Sail Plan - Members will be able to post a sail plan
.. Members will be able to complete an online form and print it out for distribution.
.. Members will be able to provide restricted access to the sail plan to emergency contacts
</li>
<li>
GPS History - Members will be able to upload GPS data for display on google maps
</li>
<li>
Data - Members will be able to download their blog and other data for safe keeping.
</li>
<li>
Access - Members will be able to restrict access to their content
.. Open: Anyone can 'view', Closed: only account holder can view, Restricted: requires authorization code to view.
</ul>
Mgmt access:
<ul>
<li>
Management access controls - Mgmt will be able to assign mgmt access to several people

<li>
Data - Mgmt will be able to backup, and download the association membership data for safe keeping
..Mgmt will be able to restore, and upload previously downloaded data
</li>
<li>
Membership - Mgmt will be able to manually change/add memberships
</li>
<li>
Reports - Mgmt will be able to view a variety of membership reports.
.. (by a variety of criteria: eg. Boat model, Age, Location, etc.)
</li>
<li>
Email - Mgmt will be able to send emails to members by list
.. Mgmt will be able to list members by various criteria and then send and email all/ selected members of the list.
</li>
[*]
Renewals - Mgmt will be able to view list of members due renewal (see Email)
.. Mgmt will be able to view list of unrenewed memberships (I didn't like the term 'expired')
</li>

[*]
Image Censorship - Mgmt will be able to view all new images and censor if felt necessary
.. Because the membership process would be automatic, spammers could post inappropriate images which we would want to delete.
</li>
</ul>

As mentioned above, this is just a possibility! Your input is welcome.

Particularly we are insterested in additional features you would be interested in.

Paul

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/22/2010 : 08:04:38

Back when I was an officer of the association one of the biggest things we tried to do was drive the value to the membership.

Now as a lurker and non member, my opinion is worth very little, but I'll throw this out there anyway.

1 - The forum attracts new members. Keeping it free for all is a good thing.(not that Paul mentioned otherwise)

2 - Image hosting would be a good thing. Storage is cheap, and members currently have to reference a file loaded elsewhere. However, upgrades to this forum application are fairly painless, 3rd party add on applications are prolific. I would be willing to bet that A. We aren't anywhere close to the current version and B that an application to allow for pic and movie uploads is available from either the current version of the software or from an add-on that was written by a third party and vetted by Snitz.
3. As long as the blog is available to be read by all, including non members it would be a good thing. Kept and written by members only would be fine, but it would need to be accesible by all - otherwise, what's the point of the blog. I know you mention that a member can set his/her access to this, but many times when time/money/skillset becomes an issue things like this get set aside until 1 or all of the three become available. Make sure this
4. Maintenance logs and Sail logs - stellar idea. ...

In general....good all the way around.

Having managed a prior upgrade two key things that come to mind are taking this one piece at a time and make sure someone can be there to handle issues and future upgrades.

dw

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PCP777
Master Marine Consultant

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1225 Posts

Response Posted - 04/22/2010 : 09:25:39

I just want to say that I signed up as a paying member.

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Stinkpotter
Master Marine Consultant

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Djibouti
9080 Posts

Response Posted - 04/22/2010 : 11:24:59

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Champipple
 ...I would be willing to bet that A. We aren't anywhere close to the current version<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">We're on 3.4.06. The latest version is 3.4.07. So we're as close as you can get without being there.

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Champipple
Master Marine Consultant

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6855 Posts

Response Posted - 04/23/2010 : 10:10:04

Good thing I didn't bet a lot

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NCBrew
Captain

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USA
338 Posts

Response Posted - 06/09/2011 : 08:02:37

I used to use "Geocache.com until it became a split "Public" and "Paid" site. You had to be a paying member to view some of the "Caches". What started as a great free site became a private paid site and I lost interest.

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