Re: AIS homepage suggestion
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: AIS homepage suggestion
- From: z*@isomedia.com
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 10:01:33 -0700 (MST)
From: Scott Aitken <zebra@chcs.com>
Linda Mann <lmann76543@aol.com> wrote:
>I have been playing on the internet via my new free internet connection
>(thanks to AOLs crummy service or I would never have found the local freenet)
>and have cruised the iris home pages for the first time in a year. Great
>stuff! Even if it is text only.
Text only? Gawd! I hope you mean your ISP or your software, and not the AIS
web page. The AIS web page should display lots of color, photos, graphics,
frames, etc. This does not sound like a huge improvement over AOL. If it is
your software, try downloading a copy of Netscape Navigator or MS Internet
Explorer. You can get free test versions of either for Macs or PCs.
>Scott, how about adding an email address of a contact in each of the local
>iris societies, if there is somebody on-line? Maybe by 'add your email
>address here' to the home page?
Right now, all I have is email addresses for any AIS board members,
officers, staff, Section VPs, and Regional VPs (at least those that I know
of). Your suggestion is one to consider. It might be nice if people out
there browsing the web had someone to email in their area if they had
questions about irises or the AIS. I would think a distinction would have
to be made between official representatives of AIS (those mentioned above)
and general members (like me). I know I go into a near panic when someone
emails me from the AIS web page asking me for gardening advice (a really
bad idea), despite my disclaimer.
I expect within a few years, email addresses will be as common as phone
numbers. It might be possible to keep a whole database of them on the web
page. Maintaining it might be a bit of a headache, but maybe not if I could
get it directly from the AIS membership chairperson. Or right now, Mike
Lowe maintains an informal E-Rolodex of Iris people. Maybe I could post
this, with Mike's permission of course, and the permission of the people
listed. Is this a good idea? Mike, is it very time consuming to maintain
that list?
Scott Aitken
<zebra@chcs.com>
AIS web page: http://www.isomedia.com/homes/AIS
