Re: Website for GWL: plans, issues, help wanted

**Sandie Parrott r*@comcast.net**

I totally agree with Barbara and Miranda.  The purpose of the site is
not supposed to be commercial...it is supposed to be a tool for
members, who are garden writers.

My suggestion is we first write a mission statement.  That will
clarify what we want to do and how we plan on doing it.  That way we
can refer back to the mission statement if we "accidently" get off
track.

Sandie Parrott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miranda Smith" <miranda@tagoresmith.com>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Website for GWL: plans, issues, help wanted

>
>
> > Are you actually suggesting a dot com commercial site selling
> advertising
> > and covering expenses but not paying its writers?
> > Barbara M. Martin
>
> I couldn't agree more with Barbara--it would not be acceptable to
many
> garden writers, myself included, to have a dot com site that did not
> pay its writers.
>
> It might be useful at this point to go back to a discussion of the
> PURPOSE of the site--if it is to be a tool for garden writers rather
> than a tool for the consumer, there is no need for advertising or
for
> turning it into a dot com.
>
> In terms of the "commercial" uses of the site, I liked the idea of
> links to members' pages and would also support the idea of a
directory
> of members' areas of expertise/interests so that readers could find
a
> writer or information about a particular topic.
>
> Miranda Smith
>
>
>
>
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