[Rhodes22-list] PDF FAQ

[Bill Effros]

Thanks, Michael, That's Great!

Wish we could have done that when we were first figuring out how to 
maintain the FAQ list.

Ed--How do we set this up?

You've been keeping track of what information is available and what has 
to be posted new.  You also have a pretty good idea of what pictures are 
where.

PDFs like the one Chris has posted would go a long way to answering the 
repeated questions from newbies.  We could build them up over time when 
we're not too busy with politics, jokes, drinking, and, heaven forfend, 
sailing.

Lots of people could take on a single topic each as a project.  The more 
technically literate can transform the words and pictures into PDFs.  We 
can lift a lot from prior work.

Chris got the ball rolling, there's a question on goosenecks out there 
that we all know we've recently answered and taken pictures of, let's 
answer each new question in pdf form, pulling stuff together and 
building as we go.  We should build a master index that is posted 
somewhere where everyone can see it all the time.  Maybe someone should 
automatically post the index every time there is a repeated question.

Ed, you have essentially been doing that for a while.  Let's set up 
someone to do it for every newbie.  It doesn't have to be you.  Maybe 
every newbie is required to post the list for the next newbie.  That 
would get everyone into the circle, repeatedly post the location of 
frequently asked question answers, and not put too much responsibility 
on any one person.

A lot of people have already done a lot of work on certain topics.  Slim 
pulled together the Mast Raising/lowering list.  Mary Lou wrote "Why I 
Love My Boat".  Todd has posted bare bones boat building pointers.  Lou 
is a centerboard expert.  Rummy has compiled the complete list of "My 
Favorite Rum".  ... everyone who benefits from list membership has the 
ability to add something.

Stan could print out our PDFs as his advertising, and correct errors for 
us as we go.  That's a fair use of intellectual property, as far as I'm 
concerned.

Bill Effros

michael meltzer wrote:

>yep, thought them in about a year ago, look like i
>never update the doc on the help page -mjm
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>--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
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>>Wow! Chris.  Thanks.
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>>Michael -- can we now post PDFs?  That would make
>>the maintenance of 
>>repeated instructions a lot easier.  We could build
>>the PDFs over time 
>>Wikipedia style.
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>>Ron, thanks, too--this could be a giant leap
>>forward.  (Sorry, Ed, I 
>>didn't mean that the way it might have sounded to
>>you.)
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>>Bill Effros
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>>Chris Geankoplis wrote:
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>>>Ok Folks,
>>>               Here goes, with the help of several
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>>>Lipton and MJM)  I think I've got it right (not
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>>perfect).  I originally just
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>>>kept a journal of the experiences in taking my
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>>Rhodes to Mexico for almost 5
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>>>weeks. I got back pictures  (slowley) from all
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>>involved and incorported them
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>>>into what I wrote.  I then converted them into PDF
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>>files so they could be
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>>>read and viewed easly.  So here goes.  I'll repeat
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>>the first couple of test
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>>>PDF's that Ron sent along with one more, then every
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>>couple of days I'll send
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>>>another segment, I hope you enjoy the naration as
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>>much as I did the sailing
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>>>(well, almost).  When reading the PDF file be sure
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>>to use full screen (F11)
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>>>or have it displayed at about 125% if possible.
>>>Chris & Alice Geankoplis
>>>Medfore, Or
>>>S/V/ Enosis
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