Shake you head all you want to but it wasn’t for lack of trying on my part to get a new web site. That old web site was a nightmare. As you can see on the dates on the emails below I wrote for the first time to the BOD in 2009 to update the web site after a few years of frustration. The only thing ANYONE liked about he old site was that it had music.
In 2011 after two new board members were elected I wrote again about updating this site and in 2012 this new web site was launched which at the time I thought the same thing you did, “Welcome to the 21st century ABC”
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On Sep 17, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Kandy Cottrill wrote:
Dear gentlemen of the board of directors of the Aruba Beach Club,
I am sending this email to make a suggestion for the web site for the club. I appreciate the job the current administrator has done with the ABC web site, but I feel it would be of great benefit to the members of ABC if you changed web administrators from your current one and ask for the help of Richard (the original webmaster) to take over the duties.
Our current site is difficult to navigate, example being the rental listings. Also there are NEVER any postings to the guestbook. We need a message board such as they have on the CDM site to be able to communicate with one another, ask questions, post trip reports, etc. It would also be a place the club manager could post a monthly report for all to see the updates at the club.
Mr Booth currently runs the Casa del Mar, Playa Linda and the Aruba Bulletin Board. He does a fantastic job of monitoring these boards for inappropriate postings and will quickly lock down a thread that gets out of hand.
I thank you for your time and look forward to your reply.
Regards,
Kandy Cottrill
On Oct 4, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Rick Titone wrote:
Dear Kandy,
This is in response to your e-mail of September 17th.
During the recent meeting of the ABC Board there was a review and discussion of the Club’s current Web Site. The following decisions were made:
The Board is satisfied with the service currently being performed by our existing Web Master, though instructions have been issued to bring the Web Site more up to date.
The Board has decided not to set up a Bulletin Board on the Club’s Web Site since most of these quickly degenerate into just complaint postings. However, effective with the next edition of the ABC Newsletter there is going to be a new site which will contain a Bulletin Board where ABC Members will be able to post whatever they want to. This site will be run by the Aruba Tourist Authority and will be beyond the control of the Board, the Club Staff and any one individual member. Look for the announcement in your next Newsletter.
Thank you for your suggestions and for your wish in your club.
Rick Titone- Editor, ABC News-Secretary to the ABC Board
