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Old 10-03-2005 | 06:55 PM
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Default RE: MA website. What is the value?

Geistware, it’s probably my ineptness. Edit: Definately was my ineptness. I changed the title to the thread to AMA website, as it should have been to begin with. Sorry.

There is much more to the website than just MA. On the other hand, the promise of updating the digital archives of MA to include more recent issues has not been forgotten.

I know that part of Don Koranda’s vision for the website is to use it as an extension of, an expansion on, the content contained in MA. That is just part of the vision. Being able to put forth considerably more information to the membership… more than can possibly be contained in any magazine is part of the vision.

Already parts of the site contain much more than is in MA on different topics. Information about insurance, club organization, tax structure, material for clubs to use in their newsletters, Sport Aviator, and on and on.

Is the benefit to the clubs, and membership of the AMA, worth the dollars it would cost to make it a first class site where the information might be put in a more accessible format? Koranda, in his columns, has made it apparent that he believes some programs need to change. Is a major change in the website worth a heavy investment of scarce dollars? Is a great website worth a major shift in spending?

What other services should be increased? Which decreased or discontinued?