[Rhodes22-list] The Website and The List

[Tom Van Heule]

I had some plans once I found a boat to offer this - I am in IT by trade,
and we need SSL certs with all of our personal contact info floating
around.
I also found http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/  is actually usable
for past reading of these archives.

I have a place to host everything (servers in a datacenter)  great topic!

Tom


On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 5:04 PM Larry Gioia via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Great suggestion, Peter.
>
> When I bought my R22 new in 2014 Stan mentioned this great active mail
> list with lots of knowledgeable guys - I looked around on the General Boats
> site and Rhodes22.org but never found it.  Admittedly I should have just
> asked someone but you know how men are about asking directions.  Then 4
> months ago I found it as I was buying my second one, an ‘86 R22, and this
> list has been so helpful.
>
> I’ve attached a pic of the 2014 R22 for no particular reason, just to
> remind us why we do this, from last weekend on Lake George.
>
> Larry
>
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> > On Jul 7, 2020, at 5:42 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
> >
> > A while back, Mike Weisner made mention of tentative plans to update
> the Rhodes Boat Owners Website (Rhodes22.org <http://rhodes22.org/>).  He
> asked if anyone would be interested in helping, and I replied that I would
> be though I haven’t used my limited web development skills in many years.
> Nothing else has happened since that I know of, which is fine since I tend
> to be pretty busy in warmer weather.  That exchange resulted in a stray
> thought or two about what could be done with the website, but I had no
> concrete ideas until today.
> >
> > Some of my YouTube videos generate a comment or two.  Recently there was
> a comment that mentioned the email list, referring to it as a ‘forum’.
> Late yesterday another comment appeared from someone who said they were a
> ‘wanna be Rhodie’ asking where is this forum that was mentioned.  They
> mentioned that they had found a group on Google that seemed dead, but
> nothing active.
> >
> > Naturally, I pointed this person to the page on our website that
> describes the email list, and hopefully they will decide to sign on and
> join our community.  But, the incident stirred a small thought in my head.
> >
> > This email list is the backbone of our community.  The website is but a
> small appendage.   But, if you search the web for things related to ‘Rhodes
> 22’, you’ll likely find Rhodes22.org <http://rhodes22.org/>, but you
> won’t find the list itself.  Therefor, it seems to me that the most
> important thing the website can do is promote the list.  If the ‘wanna be
> Rhodie’ found my YouTube video, and found a defunct Google group, I think
> it’s a pretty safe bet that they found Rhodes22.org <http://rhodes22.org/>,
> yet didn’t penetrate deep enough to find the list.
> >
> > There really isn’t anything more to my idea than that.  The home page
> should prominently feature an invitation to join the list.
> >
> > Easy for me to say…
> >
> > Peter Nyberg
> > Coventry, CT
> > s/v Silverheels (1988/2016}
>


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