[Robotgroup] YAWS (was Fwd: [fai] Forum for AI, Mon)

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At 10:01  2008-08-19, you wrote:

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<cynicism>
Though I am excited by your enthusiasm, I would 
recommend you prepare to be one of the few (or 
the only) ones to make any changes to any new site you create.

-The front page of TheRobotGroup.org is a 
Wordpress site. I think the consensus is that 
Wordpress is "ridiculously easy" to maintain.

-We also have a WIKI-based portion of the our web 
site where *any* member can make a page and 
maintain useful info about themselves and their projects.

-In addition, we have the MEETUP.COM site that 
has a group calendar and a place to add photos from events.

Sadly, with all these "ridiculously easy" places 
to input useful and recent data, even with some 
60-odd (pun intended) "official" group members, 
there is very little activity. For example, our 
wordpress-based web site hasn't been updated in 5 months.

It would appear that "YAWS" (yet another web 
site) won't lead to a flood of helpful TRG member 
bloggers making our online presence interesting, dynamic and fresh.

No one is really interested in doing it so it 
doesn't get done (unless I do it that is).
</cynicism>

:(

Vern

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A sad fact of life ... Vern is seeing that as did 
previous presidents (Vern 2x terms, Mike 1x term, 
Don 1x term, Eric 3x terms ...).

Another sad fact of life is that some of us have 
to work to keep food on the table.  Some of us 
may be working three jobs at-a-time (during the 
Summer months, one full-time and two part-time in 
one familiar case).  Other hold down full-time 
jobs year-long and run businesses on the 
side.  Some work full-time and work with other 
not-for-profit groups.  The variations on the 
theme are wide!  Let's not even discuss the time 
needed for domestic tranquility.

Another sad fact of life with TRG is that there 
are too few folks that volunteer to take on tasks 
and they rapidly find themselves overwhelmed ... 
taking on one task after another until they 
break.  Look around the room on Thursday evening 
... look between the attendees ... for the 
volunteers who are no longer active.

If this group is going to thrive and grow and 
take on the big events, there is a critical need 
for eager, willing volunteers to step forward to 
shoulder the burdens.  There can be no hierarchy 
of 'doers' and 'administrators'.  Everyone in 
this outfit should be participating in both types of task.

End of rant [and I really never got started ... 
I'm too starved for time and energy to devote 
them to addressing the rest of the issues on my mind].


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All the best....

Mike