Day 12

Introduction

Talks of a new union website has been in forums for quite some time. Now is your chance to discuss a possibility of a union website.

Discussion Questions

Discuss and debate the pros and cons of having a new website and possible solutions and compromises pertaining to the website.

If we have a new website, it should cost 0$ or very low per year. Well the website should be looking a bit like the current one: having a forum, mails, members, etc. We should have some "departements of the website" like those:

- About us
- Contact us
- Members
- City Journals
- Forum
- Mail
- Search
- log in/out

etc.

Nothing I have to say more for now.

Pros: Gives a more professional look and increase the reputation of AIN

Cons: Coding works, Failing for not paying in time when the bill arrives, Problem of transferring old contents into the new website

Possible Solutions: All the codes will take time to learn, so eventually we will learn from it. As for the bills, I believe the webhost will inform the caretakers of the website through email when it's time to pay. Transferring, it will take time.

Pros: Same as Aran has mentioned.

Cons: Costs money. May lead to AIN dissolving overnight if the website fails. Transfer issues. Compatibility issues. Coding issues. Flexibility issues.

In short, I don't think it's a good idea.

May lead to AIN dissolving overnight if the website fails.

I am confident that this will not be a problem. These forums will always be here i'm sure in case something goes wrong. The member sof the this union won't just pack it in because a website doesnt work - what happened with the COFR wasnt directly caused by our webiste troubles it was because of pure lack of communication.

Hopefully the AIN will be stronger than the other failed unions - we have many dedicated members, but as you say, you never know what can happen.
I like Blakeway's system of Departments.
But like I've said in previous days, we must keep the forums as they are and redirect them, rather than move content. I think we should have a new homepage, a new theme for the site, new logos and things to get a fresh, more professional feel about the place, and we can try and get a decent price for hosting and things.
We only really need a couple of pages, and we already have this forum, so it shouldn't be too much work.