Re: AIS: CD of R & I's, etc.

I agree with "Moose" <G> and I don not feel that folks have been
critical. I understand the desire to have all this information at hand.
For me it all started a couple of years ago when I started scanning the
R&Is for my own use and realized that many others wanted the same thing. 

I hope I have not appeared negative to all the feedback and good ideas
that have been proffered. I don not intend to, but there are some
systemic problems I face it getting to where we all want to be. Where we
are is one thing, but most important to me is getting the registration
system to a point that does not require so much work on the part of my
volunteer army to reformat the data. Frankly, I think all the
registration process (or at least the data) should be online (with
appropriate checks and balances) but for the moment that would take an
additional person to mirror the work of the AIS registrar. We will
eventually "catch up" all the historical data (can you imagine the
amount of work converting the '49 and '39 Checklists is going to be???)
The information is so different and the formats difficult to intrepret.

Here is another project - Getting all the AIS bulletins on line
including GIFs of all the pictures, searchable text and downloadable
PDFs. All this to go along with the index that is being developed.  Any takers?

As to how many woulld pay $25.00 for a CD? My guess is about 4 or 5. And
then their friends call up and "Hey, how about making me a copy of your
CD?" Just email it to me will you?  And how long before it would appear
on someones website free for anyone to download. (Yes there is a bit of
cynicism there). Ever hear  of Napster?? I just think we have to be
realistic about it all.

John

Iris Moose wrote:
> 
> Ellen, and all:
> 
> I do not know of anyone on this forum who has been critical of John
> Jones or
> what he has been doing.  I have combed through many email messages
> concerning this very topic and have not been able to come up with one
> incident where anyone has been critical of John or his efforts.
> 
> I have seen where John has asked for input from members of this forum,
> and
> he has received exactly that.   Positive feedback with perhaps even
> some new
> ways of approaching this project.  This seems to be helpful and spark
> greater interest in what John is doing.  If there were no feedback on
> this
> topic then perhaps John would be pursuing something that no one is
> interested in -- this does not seem to be the case.  That is good
> news!
> 
> There are some clever people in this forum, and they are expressing
> some
> good views.  When no one is being critical of another there is no
> reason to
> ask for apologies, nor for anyone to feel like they are being
> criticized.
> 
> These discussions seem to be educational and are sparking interest in
> the
> project.
> 
> I salute all those involved and those offering their opinions.
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Iris Moose
> Wake Forest, NC
> 


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                         |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
                         |  to indicate the edge of the known world.
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