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An Open Letter from the KOG President


Laurie and Helen

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To All KOG Members and Forum Guests

An open letter from the President

I would like to take this opportunity to let everyone know what has been happening and where we are at regarding club operation and the new website.

Sue resigned her position as webmaster and gave me 60 days for the committee to sort out a new web access or the group was going to loose all access to the Forum and any information that was on the site. This was due to the fact that Sue owned the website. Sue provided the committee an invoice for past hosting and the committee arranged for her to be paid all monies owing.

Sue is still an active and well regarded member of the group, but she is no longer on the Committee or Webmaster therefore, has no further involvement with the hosting or maintenance of the website.

A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then and Deb has worked tirelessly to get the new website operating. While we have had some minor problems with the occasional topic falling over and being lost, Deb has tried to keep those affected informed through emails and eventually getting the topic back up.

The site will operate slightly different and we are still finding our way around the back screens of the web page but we are getting there, it is fair to say that none of us are computer buffs when it comes to this type of work.

The first thing that we have put in place until we can amend the Constitution and By Laws is that a topic cannot be removed by a single person. At this stage a topic can only be moderated by at least two committee members agreeing that the topic needs to be either moved to another area or deleted. If either action is taken the topic originator will be informed of our actions. We encourage open and fair discussion and debate on this site, as long as it remains civil and is not defamatory or personal in any way.

We are reviewing how other forums are managed and will not be reinventing the wheel, but hope to develop what we believe is the most open and accountable method of running the forum.

In the past the committee had no control over the website and we would like to prevent this from happening again. An amendment to the Constitution will be put forward at the next AGM as a Special Resolution to ensure that the elected committee (whoever that may be) has control over the website. The Webmaster will also form part of that Committee as a voting member.

We have registered and paid for web hosting and domain services with Panthur in the name of the Kedron Owners Group which now gives 100% ownership to the website. We have also purchased a license for our forum software, which provides us novices with 24/7 phone support and regular updates of the software.

Part of the process in getting the new website set up requires a clean up of the old system registers. Each membership will only have one Log In. We realize that in the past some members have been given multiple Log In access and this will no longer be the case as we will be cleaning out multiple access in due course.

As we get more familiar with how the site works we will be making subtle changes from time to time to ensure that beneficial features are included for members to use. One of the changes will be the option to pay your membership by Paypal.

Laurie Ashe

President KOG

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