People are already helping each other.

 We have these things already Rich on several sites.
 Dave Leonard http://members.aol.com/rotaryroster

 Mark Wrathall has a site for good practices.
 http://www.rotary.microcosman.com

 Unless you have a lot of time to devote to the project I would not start.
 No need for yet another site. But it is a free country. Have at it.
 My priorities are solving installation problems on this news letter
 and building my plane. I spend over 12 hours a day doing just that.

 BTW We also have a CD with pictures and drawings for the last three years
 of the entire News Letter for $40. I am a bit slow sometimes getting this
out.

Yes, people are helping each other out with tidbits of info, drawings, etc.
But do you remember
everything you have learned about the rotary for the past 4-5+ years, parts,
phone numbers,
web address's, people, etc., etc. Yes, Dave has a nice list of people, I
didn't count the names,
but I don't think there is a 1000 people like what I was told was on this
list. By the way I tried to sign on
and couldn't, I'll try later when I get home. Also, Mark has a good idea for
a start, I don't know when he
started this, but he still needs a lot of content/info. He can't collect it
all by himself. I'm sure it is going to be
a lot of work for him. Now I'm sure all of you, who have been into this for
years, all have your own little database of info
you have collected, plus maybe your CD. That's part of the point I was trying
to get across, everything is as you say "in
different places", done by just a few. Your Cd could be put on a Hotline
server and any one could just download
what info they want any time day or night 24/7 and not have to wait for you
to get copies made, more work for you,
and then wait for it to get sent out. You see, once the Hotline ftp server is
setup, everyone just uploads/downloads
to/from there respective area. Everything is in one place access 24/7.

The Hotline server site could be setup in under an hour. All you have to do
is create the subjects(folders), call them
newsletters, software, Planes, cad, cad/cam, programs, apex seals, cooling,
CNC, exhaust, fuel injection, O-rings,
porting, props, motor mounts, etc. etc. The client/server also has built in
global news, chat, private chat, etc. If you looked
at the software you may see plenty of other uses also, and ,maybe save you
some time, and money. If you download the
software and read the help me files, I would just print them out, mostly
pictures.  I could setup a fast example for you to
see what I'm talking about. It would be slow with my 28.8 connection, but not
that bad, cable would just make it blistering fast
is all. I'm on AOL, so you can IM me if you need any help.
Rich Gillen

 
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