Well, I probably will email you…but why not just share it here on the public forum? Do you really think that I wouldn’t immediately post everything you say on here anyway? Why not just share your opinion with us all.Bishop said:If you'd like to discuss the Sunfish website, email me directly.
Thank you! There I said it…is that what you’re waiting for? What does this have to do with whether or not there are better options for us as a Class at this time?I built the original site in 1991 and maintained and paid for it for 11 years before I was approached concerning any type of compensation for my efforts.
Scap, in away those sites are essentially regional. The class size and traffic to those sites are more inline with a large regional site. There isn't enough interest at the local level to support individual websites for every fleet or area. A national level website is the only way to have somewhat recent news and forum postings. Understand that those websites are examples but not an exact replica of what a Sunfish National or International site would need to be.scap114 said:Everyone has their opinion of what a website should or should not be, but, IMHO the Capri 14 and the US470 do not qualify as 'dynamic' International sites. I guess if I had designed them, and made them to my standards for a website, then I would call them 'dynamic', but I did not, so I will not. I am not knocking the quality of the sites, but they don't stand out, for me, as being "International" but more "regional". IMHO an "International" site would not have so much 'local' info.
Eric Woodman said:New editions, in PDF format, could be e-mailed to dues-paying members, and those who insist on a print version could have a printed copy mailed to them.
I hate to say it but there's more money in Laser folks than Fish folks. Not to mention that being an Olympic class draws a lot of attention/money.
Instead of bashing the website, as old as it is, please make simple suggestions (1 sentence, 20 words) in what YOU want to see in the new website. Are YOU willing to maintain, support, and contribute to the website?
1. Look and feel...
2. Content
3. Private/Public sections
4. Electronic Version of Windward Leg
5. Anything else?
Clinton Edwards
Clinton:
When you going to give me a buzz about the website? Maybe we can discuss it at the midwinters...