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Index of Subjects On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Andrew D. Wright wrote: > Okay, you win. I am not an editor despite producing the best > community net newsletter in the country and the process for altering > anything ever is so ludicrously convoluted that we will be using > your paper.gif well into the next century. The 'process', Andrew, couldn't be more straightforward. In a community organization which emphasizes a team approach and which works on the basis of consensus the operative 'process' is to seek input from those who are interested/concerned, listen to what they have to say, and take action from there. Maybe no one cares or has an idea or opinion: perhaps lots of people do. Maybe the process is simple and takes no time at all: perhaps it takes a longer time to hammer out an agreement. I was CCN member 51 and became active in the organization in 1993. This team approach and consensus method of working has characterized every aspect of the CCN since day 1. Its surprising how well listening to people actually works and how much one can accomplish. I'd should emphasize that it's not 'my' paper.gif (if memory serves me correctly it was actually David Trueman who found this particular GIF). It's the CCN's paper.gif and the collective who selected and tested it includes Ben Armstrong, Carlos Freitas, David Trueman, Gerard McNeil, Peter Henry, David Murdoch, David Trueman, Wayne Groszko, , David Potter, Joan Armstrong and several others. Regards, Christopher Majka > I refuse outright to use it on any page that I produce. > > > Andrew > > > On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Christopher Majka wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Andrew D. Wright wrote: > > > > > I have put up a series of test pages with different backgrounds > > > including paper.gif at http://chebucto.ns.ca/~au141/test/index.htm . > > > > > > There are a several different graphics at various resolutions with > > > different edges, links in blue and red for each background and backgrounds > > > in white (FFFFFF), light grey (C0C0C0), dark grey (808080) as well as > > > paper.gif. Font sizes run from 2 to 5. > > > > > > If there are any other suggestions for background graphics or > > > colors, please pass them on and I will add them to the current pages. > > > > In the immediate future, without a great deal of labour, the only > > effective way to replace paper.gif with be with another background GIF > > rather than using the <body bgcolor> coding. There are hundreds (if not > > thousands) of CCN pages with the coding <body > > background="Icons/paper.gif"> (or variations thereof) so that replacing > > paper.gif is an easy way to make a universal change. Moving to a browser > > generated background colour would involve recoding an enormous number of > > pages. > > > > > Let's begin the involved and laborious process of reviewing these > > > different backgrounds on a wide variety of different equipment. The three > > > key design elements are: easy reading of text, loading speed, and of > > > course the look itself. > > > > These are all important criteria. I should note that paper.gif (like most > > small texture patterns that tile to repeat) is only 3K in size (which > > loads to my browser in less than .5 sec) so loading speed for this and > > other such background GIFs should not be problematic. > > > > > There should be some agreement as to time frame for this review > > > process (which by no account should exceed one month, e.g. 12 Feb. 1999, > > > as that would simply be procrastination), proctoring of review results and > > > of course putting different equipment in the same place at the same time > > > for peer review. There should be a clear list of who should participate > > > and a protocol for the collection of votes.. By all means, let's make this > > > process as complete and rigorous as possible. > > > > I don't see any reason why we have to impose any artificial schedule on > > this process. Consensus/consultation processes take as much or as little > > time as they need. There hasn't been any great clamor to replace our > > background texture. It's not broke so there's no crashing hurry to fix it. > > > > Traditionally who participates is whoever is interested! Something that we > > have to bear in mind is that a number of IPs also use paper.gif on their > > websites so that changing it involves some consultation/information with > > them as well. > > > > I would suggest that on an initial basis the information on this go out to > > the IP <ccn-ip@chebucto.ns.ca>, Communications <ccn-comm@chebucto.ns.ca> > > & Technical <ccn-tech@chebucto.ns.ca>Committees (where it will reach a > > broad constituency of people). Perhaps there are people on the Board who > > would like to be in on the loop. When there is a consensus by CCN folks > > (or a small set of possibilities) this could be run past > > <ccn-ipe@chebucto.ns.ca> and/or <all-ips@chebucto.ns.ca> to get some > > feedback from IP Editors. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Chris > > > > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. > > Christopher Majka <aa051@chebucto.ns.ca> > > Editor-in-Chief: Chebucto Community Net - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada > > URL = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Home.html > > > > "We have ... in this country ... far too many captive editors who cannot > > even be heard to rattle their chains." -- Carl E. Lindstrom > > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. > > > > >
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