Okay, so lets talk about the KLI website. For several years now, weve been aware that the KLIs website has been moribund. Changes for a complete overall have been discussed at qepamey, but it still hasnt quite come together. And so, it is time to try something new, something different. My intention going forward is to take our massive website and balkanize it. The effect of this will be to make each piece much more manageable, putting responsibility for one specific aspect of it in the hands of one specific individual. This will also empower more people as officers of the KLI, and (in theory) inspire a new generation of inclusive in our community. I envision a collection of KLI satellite websites, either hosted on the same server as kli.org (which server will be changing soon) or as located by the individuals taking responsibility for their respective sites. Such satellites will includes specifics such as the New Words list, a revised KLI Wiki, KLI Registration and Membership page, Mailing List Archive, and more. There will be certain cosmetic elements that will be kept in common across these sites (to make it clear that the individual pieces are all part of one larger whole), but otherwise the idea is to grant as much autonomy and responsibility to the person handling the site as possible. I would welcome your feedback and response to this idea. Id like to have input of ideas for specific sites we should have in addition to the examples Ive listed above. And I most especially want to hear from Klingonists with the technical skill and the enthusiasm to take on the responsibility of one or more of these KLI satellite websites. - Lawrence M. Schoen
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:46:19 +0000