> Great idea, Sam!
> It would be a wonderful way for us far-flung alumni to "participate" in this
> significant event in the university's history. (I did read Andrea Vogt's report
> of the event in the on-line edition of the Spokesman-Review.)
> Why not suggest it to the folks at University Communications or the Alumni
> Office?
> --Kenton
Thanx for responding, Kenton ...
And what I forgot to write, maybe with tongue in cheek, was, that if we
had done it this way in the first place, and NOT in the ASUI Kibbie Dome,
we would have SAVED at least some buckeroos!
Well, if someone wants to propose this as a real project to someone who
could carry it out, please feel free to do so.
SpudManSam
> "Sam Scripter (MoscowSam)" <scripter@mines.uidaho.edu> Wrote:
> |
> |
> | Wednesday, 4-16-97
> |
> | I've been musing ... The after effects of Tax Day '97.
> |
> | Maybe we in this "community" missed an opportunity ...
> |
> | To have the first "virtual" inauguration of a university president
> | ...
> |
> | Think about it ... a web site with text, photos, clips of sound and
> | video,
> | not too distant, conceptually, from a mode in which President Hoover
> | excels (pun intended), MS PowerPoint.
> |
> | This could be very powerful if only we could point more of the
> | "community"
> | to it ... I'm afraid too many are not web enabled.
> |
> | On the other hand, a much greater community of participants would be
> | enabled over real geographic space, and in time. They could view
> | the
> | inaugural web site at their temporal convenience, wherever they are
> | in
> | geospace.
> |
> | Is this still possible and worthwhile? Surely there must be
> | photos, sound
> | and video of the event which could be incorporated into a web site.
> |
> | Also, the web site could be interactive, providing for responses
> | from
> | viewers.
> |
> | No, I don't want to build it. Further, I do not have that much
> | technical
> | web page creating ability.
> |
> | Is this just surrealistic eddy currents of aging cerebral simms or
> | is it
> | something to do?
> |
> | SpudManSam
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> | scripter@mines.uidaho.edu ;-) (Sam M W Scripter)
> | MoscowSam/GeoSam/PiperSam/RiderSam/SamTheHam/SamIam!
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> |
>
> Kenton Bird
> Department of Journalism
> and Technical Communication
> Colorado State University
> Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785
> Phone: (970) 491-5986 Fax: (970) 491-2908
> e-mail: KBird@vines.ColoState.edu
>
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