Good News! I have heard from Don! Walt took a shot at an email telling him I was looking for him and he must have check it because Walt got a response and so I sent him another myself. He answered this evening and we are talking by phone tomorrow. Thanks everyone, will keep youposted on developments. Please keep the suggestions coming if you are so inclined.
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:54:42 -0500
From: jmurray1232 rochester rr com
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Replacement of the Elec-Trak.com site
On 12/12/2012 2:11 PM, George Beckett
wrote:
For some time people have been trying to contact
Don Barry who administers the Elec-Trak.com site. It does not
appears he has logged on in months and months. I myself have
tried several ways to contact him in the last couple months with
no luck. Does anyone here know how to contact him? The site is
unstable and is experiencing problems.
I'm afraid Mr. Barry might have
fallen on some bad luck along the way. I hate to say it but I
personally and several others who frequent that site now do
believe it's time to build a new home. A lot of odd things
have been happening lately and it seems we are getting some
odd visitors as well. We really don't know when the site will
expire and the software is dreadfully out of date. The new
software has a lot more features and I think in general it
would be nice to have some more functionality, protection, and
attention to it.
That being said I thought I would post a poll on that site to
see the general consensus of the members. Please share your
thoughts both on the poll and in posts if you are so inclined.
If the decision is to find a new home, I'll be glad to
organize a conference call with some other techies and help
with the site planning and design but we will need a new
administrator and I really think we should consider
moderators-we have been living too well for too long. At a
minimum, the start-up costs as well is something that should
be shared and at least a place to allow donations for on-going
expenses. I'm still trying to find time to finish the refresh
on my own site and doing the things to it I want to do on it
is more than enough to keep me busy. I will volunteer if folks
think it is a good idea to integrate the forum software and
picture gallerys into my site to make a more "one stop"
experience for members and visitors to find information on
ET's but I personally do not have time to administer it. One
of the biggest jobs will be preserving the threads so we can
keep all that history contained within. I have some ideas how
but would welcome others.
Please participate in the poll and if it is decided to move to
a new home I'll be glad to organize the first meeting of
volunteers.
Meantime, if anyone knows how to get a hold of Don, please
do and let me know as well. Thanks!!!!
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IMO: the current site is a hugely informative and extensive
collection of information and experiences. I visit from time to
time as I suspect most casual collectors are. There is a wealth of
personal experiences, Photos and technical info on there that will
be hard to replace if it is lost. I personally find the e-mail
forum to be less user friendly. Search capability is a huge help to
me. Technical collections/bulletins as well, I am not sure how
these would work into a forum type collection.
Just my two cents...
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