SCN: Re: SCN's web front page

[Lorraine Pozzi]

I don't know what's going on lately.  I do know that I offered
to take over some of the tasks that NancyK had been doing 
before she died and was given such an absurd runaround that 
I finally decided it was pointless to volunteer.  Among other
requirements - I had to speak directly with Nancy!

I am not surprised that SCN is hurting for cash.  In fact,
when I saw the money plea, I thought I knew just how
Dr. Lewinski felt when the Democratic Party asked for his
check.  

Lorraine
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On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Rod Clark wrote:

> Randy Groves wrote:
> > 'rwrap' is NOT required.  It was suggested as a tool, to provide backup in
> > case of errors - NOT required.
> > 
> > There have been NO restrictions imposed, either programmatically nor by
> > policy that removes the ability to edit files with vi, pico, etc.
> 
> Randy, 
> 
>    That is not true, on both counts. The home page has total
> no-write permissions for the members of the topics group, who if
> your ststement were true would have write access to edit it with
> pico or other text editors. But they do NOT have that access.
> See for yourself:
> 
> 4 -r-xr-xr-x  1 guests   topics       3728 Aug 21 13:12 index.html*
> 
>    The ONLY way that the home page can be updated is by using
> rwrap. You are misleading everyone when you say this is
> optional. 
> 
>    It is also now required by policy to use rwrap. I asked the
> acting Executive Director on Thursday, "Will you remove rwrap so
> that Patrick can update the home page?" The answer was "no."
> 
>    Because Patrick couldn't FTP the home page file last week
> (because of the no-write permissions that block FTP), he asked
> me for help with rwrap, which I tried to give him based on my
> recollection of an earlier version of rwrap, but it wasn't
> enough to get the page up. The page still isn't up. And this is
> the actual, truthful reason. That is the answer to the question
> that the three volunteers - Irene, Lee and Elaine - asked on
> this list.
> 
>    Communicating with ourselves, and with all the volunteers, is
> vitally important, and it can't be left to the PR efforts of
> only a few people in top positions. You and I both were confused
> about this, because of the lack of forthright communications
> with volunteers about the situation. Content is being sacrificed
> because technical considerations like this are being placed
> first by a leadership with a too-stubborn technical focus. And
> this is the future of SCN's site, and of SCN itself, before our
> eyes.
> 
> Rod Clark
> 
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