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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 606286, member: 57463&quot;]My ANA column, &quot;Internet Connections&quot; is about club websites this month, a topic that I will revisit in September or October.&nbsp; I confess that working the column gives me a chance to see a lot of good work that inspires me as webmaster of the MSNS site.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of asides are in order.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not design the site.&nbsp; The original work was done by Tracy Tabor of Lansing.&nbsp; She also served as webmaster until I came on board as editor of the MichMatist.&nbsp; At that time, I was given responsibility for both the magazine and the online content.&nbsp; I started off right away making changes to the website -- then stopped... and put it all back the way it was.&nbsp; From that point on, my focus was only on content.</p><p><br /></p><p>After a year or so, Tracy and I asked the club to give her responsibilty for the site again and she did a complete redesign.&nbsp; Then, in 2008, I re-applied to be the webmaster and she demurred.&nbsp; So, now I hack away at it.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes time to launch a new presentation, I will find Tracy or another web designer if she is busy. </p><p><br /></p><p>These are two totally different tasks.&nbsp; Some people might do well at both.&nbsp; My own experience is that graphic artists and writers are different people.&nbsp; I once knew a guy, father of a friend, who was equally good at painting and writing.&nbsp; He as a vice president at an advertising agency.&nbsp; I am not that talented.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Stop by <a href="http://www.michigancoinclub.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.michigancoinclub.org" rel="nofollow">The MSNS Website.</a>&nbsp; I think it&#039;s worth a look.&nbsp; I believe that every local club should consider online presence, if not your own site, then some other convenient way for people in your town to find you.&nbsp; It&#039;s a funny thing, but our cat wandered off and the lady behind us took her in.&nbsp; After we got all that straightened out, I went over there to thank her again, but she wasn&#039;t home.&nbsp; So, I sent her an email.&nbsp; I sent an email to a neighbor I could talk from this window to her window.&nbsp; Welcome to modern times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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