[PLUG] First Tech Credit Union "microsoftens" web interface

[Lancashire, Pete]

Add me to a list of willing to go to a meeting.

For me to use IE is quite an issue, the only $Soft
O/S I have is on a machine that is not allowed to
access the internet.

-pete

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Beattie [mailto:beattie at beattie-home.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 7:44 AM
> To: keithl at keithl.com; General Linux/UNIX discussion and 
> help; civil and
> on-topic
> Cc: Rich Shepard
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] First Tech Credit Union "microsoftens" 
> web interface
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 06:51 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 May 2006, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > >I am told the annual meeting is coming up soon.  If the 
> interface is still
> > >busted at that time, I plan on making a stink. Anyone else 
> want to join in?
> > 
> > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 06:28:42AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > >   Sic 'em, Keith! Too many commercial enterprises 
> (particularly financial
> > > ones) forget that they exist only because they have 
> customers. If they piss
> > > off enough customers, they no longer have a business.
> > > 
> > >   Unfortunately, I find not just clueless but actually 
> stupid management in
> > > too many businesses that span several industries. Sigh.
> > 
> > Before we get too far down this path, I should point out that First
> > Tech is a member-operated cooperative, and that the board mostly 
> > comprises volunteer members elected by the other members.  This has
> > good and bad features - they are good hearted folk, but they are not
> > all business professionals.  They will be relying on the 
> professional
> > managers hired by the organization to provide advice, so my "stink"
> > should be designed with that in mind.
> > 
> > I've found the best way to reach a volunteer board is with 
> a volunteer
> > spirit;  it is a new day and I'm a little more level-headed 
> than I was
> > last night.  If we can get more of the members of the 
> credit union on
> > board, we can come up with some non-threatening positive solutions.
> > We should engage the local Perl and Ruby-on-Rails communities for
> > alternatives to Visual Studio and .NET , for example.
> 
> I'm a member, I don't have the time and energy to be a board 
> member, but
> I'd be willing to go to the meeting and make a stink.
> 
> > 
> > Keith
> > 
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