I believe, that a community like ours should have a well functioning and up-to-date site for two important reasons. 1) It is an important vehicle in today’s environment to keep pace with the on goings and 2) Helps to preserve, if not increase the value of MBV in relation to other communities nearby.

Unfortunate, of late, the MBV site has suffered from unexpected staff turnover. Coupled with the use of HTML language, makes it hard, if not almost impossible, to maintain the site successfully.

In order to turn the current situation around and prevent reoccurrences, I propose the following solution:

1) In order to eliminate the difficulty of managing the HTML language and the limited design currently used, I recommend that we utilize the web authoring software already subscribed to by MBV, (Microsoft FrontPage 2000), where WYSWYG, which has the capability to vastly enhance the appearance of a web site but also allow for predictable and controlled updates.

2) The unexpected staff turnover will be a problem for obvious reasons in the future if residents have primary responsibility for updating and maintenance.
Therefore, it is my recommendation that the local staff of CCMC become the custodian of our site with support from community members. Not only will the
expected turnover be eliminated but also potential problems, which arise when different hardware and software is used from remote locations, in cases where Villagers are gone for the summer.

For your information, I have been developing a site, which could be used by MBV at a point in time, and would be willing to meet with the appropriate committee to go over my proposed design and its maintenance.

More importantly, I believe, that the MBV Board needs to consider the above solution in order to prevent our current and future problems.

Submitted by

Manfred Helsper

Two other problems must be resolved as well. Those are the change to a different server company and the availability of the MBV.org URL for use.