MASSC/ Delaware Club Driving Routes

[dengel]

Several recent threads about planning driving routes for our club have gotten me to thinking. (Bad idea, I know. ) Right now, we have several individuals stepping up to the plate to plan runs for us who have gone to the effort of mapping out and generating turn by turn directions for the drives. So far, these documents have either been posted in the individual threads or handed out as paper copies on the day of the run.

I know many of the group are averse to being too organized, but I was thinking that it might be a good idea to have a central repository for the run information so that we can easily do these drives again in the future.

Now we can either have a volunteer or two willing to store this information and give it out to club members as needed. OR we can try and set up a thread where we all agree that only the driving directions for our runs will be posted. This seems to work in the Delaware Monthly Meeting announcement thread, so this may be the best choice.
Let me know what you all think.

[Blue Sky]

I would suggest that prinited directions should be done for all runs as a courtesy to anyone who might get lost. The last car club we belonged to always had printed directions. If I am on a run I will gladly keep a hard copy set in a note book. Additionally if people will e-mail their runs to me in whatever format they use I can store them on my back up hard drive as well as keep a hard copy.

Blue

[dengel]

cross-post from over on solsticeforum:

Originally Posted by pdelena

This may be a pretty lofty idea, but I'd be willing to register a domain and get a site going for the group. We could do a dedicated spot for route directions, pictures from runs, and anything else we think would be useful. MASSC.com is already taken. Too bad. In the meantime, I can put it up on my site www.pdelena.com. There's nothing there now since I'm revamping the entire site.

[Blue Sky]

That would work but I am a big believer in redundantcy when it come to all things electronic. We should probably have someone also maintain hard copies and file back ups.

Blue

[dengel]

Originally Posted by Blue Sky

That would work but I am a big believer in redundantcy when it come to all things electronic. We should probably have someone also maintain hard copies and file back ups.

Blue

Most definitely. Believe me, I am a true believer in organization, and will probably keep my own back-up files as well. I just thought it might be a good a idea to have a few volunteers to be the "designated" keepers of the info, so anyone who wants info on the runs knows who to contact. And if we could keep a copy on the web somewhere for folks to access at will, that would be a bonus.

[JustMike]

Cross post

Well you know how adverse we are toward organization but I think we are more adverse to doing more work then we have to ... so yes this does sound like a really great idea. Web site might be better then the thread as not all of us can attach docs on this site.

So I'm in as long as someone else is the keeper

And

Originally Posted by pdelena

You're too funny Mike. I'll volunteer to be the gate keeper (if nobody who's been here longer objects.) I guess the next course of action would be to figure out a name/domain for the site. Once we have that I'll go ahead and register it and get the ball rolling on getting us a web presence. Suggestions for the name?

[Ahnuld]

In the Sky Northeast forum, I have a sticky post that I update about upcoming events with links to the SkyRoadster threads, to try and keep everything on track (I just updated it, and it reminded me that the GM Carlisle event is this weekend...)

Regarding the central repository of drive information... it is a great idea, an extenstion of what I am trying to do with my Upcoming Events thread.

But... I dont want to rattle cages... but to me it bleeds into the need for a more defined DelVal/Northeast Kappa Klub or at least a web site like they have in phoenix where cruise information can be kept.... blogs of the cruise success ect... links to the skyroadster commentary.

basically taking the idea of my Upcoming Events sticky thread and putting it on steriods.

We dont need elected officers... or commitees. Just a site that allows this info to be archived in one easy to find spot.

I can do the tech work... and make several admins...

but will I really have the time?

Check back this weekend....

[Ahnuld]

ooh..

I just read the whole thread... where pdelena also suggested a site over in Solstice land forums

I suggested similar ideas in the past... looking to do something like what Phoenix has, but was squashed by the "organization/elected officers" aspect of it.
Philly/DelVal Club - LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

But the site for collecting info is still good.

By the way... by the time ya'll read this I will own
www.MASSC.net

[reedred]

Originally Posted by Ahnuld

By the way... by the time ya'll read this I will own
www.MASSC.net

Woo hoo!

[Ahnuld]

for the record...
those passwords in ReedRed's image never worked. Its just a default page and theming my portal application uses when a new portal is created.

I have poker tourn... if I stay late, it means I'm winning (which is good)
If I leave early, it means i've lost... but I'll have time to update the site.