[13410] in APO-L
Re: www.apo.org, ASAP!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Finder)
Wed Dec 13 22:36:03 1995
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:33:28 -0400
Reply-To: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
From: Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <01HYRS4RC4EC8WVYN4@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, David Dwiggins wrote:
> >There's no real reason why www.apo.org couldn't exist far sooner than
> Heck, there's no reason it couldn't exist on its own server! You can run
> an extremely capable webserver on an off-the-shelf Mac running Webstar for
Hardware is not the problem. The National Office a Novell Server and 6 or
7 PCs. However at this point they don't have the connection. All of this
is in the works already. I'd be absolutely shocked if www.apo.org didn't
exist by the next national convention
> As for the pages themselves, there is nothing to be afraid of... I can
> understand the concern about the electronic versions having errors, but
> there is a simple way to get around that: proofreading. The National
> Office could set up a committee to create the authoritative pages for the
> national site, and they could all be proofread very carefully before being
> posted.
I think that Authoritive Electronic versions will probably be created at
the same time that the web site is. There shouldn't be any problem with
copying the pledge manual (for example) onto an .edu server (which may be
prefereable if the office isn't on a high speed connection. However part
of having an official site will (hopefully) be having up to date copies
there.
>
> I am sure there are plenty of brothers who have the skills to work on this
> kind of project, and would be glad to pitch in to help bring the national
> office into the 90s!
Part of the problem is simply the difference between academic environment
(which at many schools is near the technological creest) and the business
environment which is continually trying to catch up to it.
The first computer system that the National Office got was an IBM 36
minicomputer. This machine was donated in 1988 and had not been state of
the art since the mid 1970s. I was an undergrad there and was fairly
vocal in saying that they were not keeping up.
The Electronic communications committee has been a big help, they are
brothers who are very committed to helping the fraternity modernize and
offer services in the electronic arena who understand the process that is
needed.
YiLFS
Randy FInder
Section 84 staff
>
> -David Dwiggins
> Phi Chapter, Syracuse University
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