John W Colby
jwcolby at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 11:45:59 CST 2013
Uhhh yep. I think that a lot of what is going on is that the old guard doesn't need a lot of help or is moving on or both. AccessD built back in the day when this and AccessL was it for support. That is no longer true. We got accustomed to the list and the list way of doing things and are comfortable with that. The bigger issue is that no one has the desire to step up any more. In 97 AccessD literally died. The old owner just abruptly shut it down one day. A group of us stepped up to reconstruct it and it has run more or less 'on its own' since. We have officers and a BOD but ... let's just say that things have gone so smoothly that we haven't had much need to take drastic steps. While I see occasional 'we need change' messages pass by, nobody feels so strongly that they actually volunteer to spearhead the effort. Unless that happens I don't see anything changing. There needs to be an overwhelming reason for change and a core group that wants the change in order for change to happen. This is true in any context, whether it is music, politics, society or this list. I don't see the core group desiring the change to AccessD, and I certainly don't see a groundswell of effort to define the needed change and effect that change. I needed AccessD and it went away. I helped reconstruct it. My need for AccessD is far far less now. I have a ton of friends here but if it went away entirely I would grieve and move on. 'Google is my friend' is my tech motto. That said I think that AccessD still, to this day, does what it ever did as well as it ever did. It is still an awesome resource for Access knowledge. I will support change to AccessD but don't look to me to spearhead the change. I have a life that sucks up most of my time and my need for change is small. John W. Colby Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 2/20/2013 10:58 AM, Jim Dettman wrote: > The other thing is that AccessD has not changed in many, many, years and > the list format is limiting. John just made the comment "We were going to > have a discussion about other forms that the list could you use instead of > just a list. That hasn't happened but it may yet." > > May happen? Like when? Wasn't it months ago it was talked about?