[Imc-dc-editorial] Proposal for website conversion

[Chuck0]

Thumbs up on fast-tracking conversion. I'll volunteer to help with whatever.

And can somebody answer Nancy?

Chuck0

Chris Strohm wrote:
> 
> Joanie wrote:
> 
>>
>> We're at the point where the back end of the web site
>> is overwhelmed, and "breaking."  We have been informed
>> multiple times, that we can't keep going like this and
>> need to move to dada.  Giving out more accounts or
>> possibly more pages, more multimedia, more stuff in
>> general, has become a burden of "fixing". (It is
>> entirely possible that the current unsung hero tech(s)
>> will go on strike, as WE (including you) are not
>> listening.
>>
>> The switchover to dada seems to be stuck, due to
>> decisions about user survey, tech training class, etc.
>>
> 
> We need to move forward on addressing the website problems. People have 
> been talking about this but what is being done? Alan sent out an email 
> saying he wants/needs to fast track the conversion of the site to dada. 
> a few people replied saying the plan was to do user surveys first. Is 
> there a process for doing a user survey? It doesn't do any good to say 
> you were going to do a user survey but didn't, or that you still want to 
> do a user survey but aren't, and then to stop communicating about this 
> and leave everything hanging.
> 
> the usuage of the website is going to spike when the war starts. DC 
> Indymedia is going to become one of the most used Indymedia sites in the 
> world. if we are facing more usage but our website can't handle this 
> then that is a big problem and needs resolved. also, joanie says that 
> creating another webpage of content specifically about war/peace 
> activities may not be possible because the website is "breaking." so 
> this problem is direclty affecting our ability to do coverage and is 
> only getting worse.
> 
> i'm making a proposal for Tuesday's meeting: Either a user survey with a 
> clear plan for starting, ending and evaluation be done immediately or 
> Alan be given permission to immediately start the conversion to dada. If 
> people don't have a plan to do a user survey then Alan should be able to 
> proceed with the conversion.
> 
> Thoughts? Chris
> 
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