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Wed, 24 October 2012 15:25  |
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Interesting topic. This could be like "tire wars" in which there are two sides.
I appreciate the fact that technical information can be distributed digitally. However, the weakness with the photos site is that there's no good way of cataloging or grouping the information. The superior way is to place the material by subject on a website where it could be accessed more easily.
That's easier said than done even with the information that does exist "in the wild" (Gene understands that term).
In fact, Gene wrote to a few of us asking if we'd take on that task. Honestly, I'm willing to participate in that activity but I am, in no way, willing to take it on as a single task. WS, ES, Gene's site, Billy's site, and a few other all have great information. My question is, however, who is going to take over the posting of this information after Billy and Gene are no longer able to do so. It would seem there needs to be a plan. For this reason I champion the clubs making it available and keeping it going with some perpetuity.
Byron Songer
Louisville, KY
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gene Fisher
> Date: 12/31/69 19:33
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMCphotos website information
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> I do not think there is an easy way
> a couple of months ago I proposed it would be better to post photos and
> presentations on the gmcphoto store in pdf format.
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> than way the new "smart devices" like your tablet , and my iPod, could look
> at them more easily.
> here is an example I used
> old link
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/coolant-recovery/p45793-coolant-recovery-a-too.html
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> new link
> http://goo.gl/4PZoS
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> was not too popular (yet, but it will come) only got 50 hits
> guess it was the topic or the sender ;>)
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> gene
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> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Robert Peesel wrote:
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> > Folks,
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> > There is an awful lot of good information on the gmcphotos.com site.
> > Some of those presentations are priceless. Is it possible from the site
> > to download the entire presentation in question, or do I need to download
> > and print each individual page? I would like to be able to store these
> > locally on my PC/tablet so I have them available wherever I go.
> >
> > If there is a link to download the presentations and I have just missed
> > it, my apologies!
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> >
> > Bob
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMCphotos website information [message #188117 is a reply to message #188114] |
Wed, 24 October 2012 15:44  |
Sean
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Byron Songer
<bsonger@songerconsulting.net> wrote:
> In fact, Gene wrote to a few of us asking if we'd take on that task. Honestly, I'm willing to participate in that activity but I am, in no way, willing to take it on as a single task. WS, ES, Gene's site, Billy's site, and a few other all have great information. My question is, however, who is going to take over the posting of this information after Billy and Gene are no longer able to do so. It would seem there needs to be a plan. For this reason I champion the clubs making it available and keeping it going with some perpetuity.
I do a lot of work with open-source software projects. Once a project
reaches a certain critical mass of users, it's important to ensure
that the project stays alive in the event of the departure of key
developers and contributors. The usual way we deal with that is via
the establishment of a foundation entrusted with the interests of the
project.
Maybe that model would work for the GMCNet community - instead of
entrusting individuals with the task of posting and curating all of
the information that's out there, maybe we should establish a GMCNet
community foundation with people elected/appointed to the task, and
procedures for handing the job over to the next person when the
current maintainer is no longer able or willing to do so.
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Sean (who would be lost without gmcmotorhome.info and GMCNet)
1973 260 Painted Desert
Luna County, NM
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| Re: [GMCnet] GMCphotos website information [message #188118 is a reply to message #188114] |
Wed, 24 October 2012 15:51 |
armandminnie
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| Byron Songer wrote on Wed, 24 October 2012 13:25 |
WS, ES, Gene's site, Billy's site, and a few other all have great information. My question is, however, who is going to take over the posting of this information after Billy and Gene are no longer able to do so. It would seem there needs to be a plan. For this reason I champion the clubs making it available and keeping it going with some perpetuity.
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Byron, I agree. The GMC resources on the net are, as far as I know, each maintained by a single individual with no backup. I don't know what the answer is but I doubt that some central control would be a very popular idea. I think a first step would be if each of the sites had an arrangement that would allow it to continue without the prime developer or maintainer.
Armand Minnie
Marana, AZ
'76 Eleganza II TZE166V103202
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