M. D., That is an interesting idea. I could do the same at Front Range Community College (FRCC) Boulder County campus (I tutor graphic design classes there, and I know the instructors). I do have a couple questions. What happens after the semester is over? Is the site abandoned again? Also, most of the web classes taught at FRCC (don't know about other community colleges) require students to create an original website, usually having only three or four, or at best seven pages. Tackling much more than that can be beyond the scope of the class, although if a student is interested enough and not taking a lot of other classes, doable. I wonder if the younger students will be all that interested, but some of the more non-traditional ones might be. These days about 30%+ of students in most community colleges are non-traditional, i.e: older. In the past, I have tried getting the MGD (multi-media Graphic Design) department to sponsor poster contests for the historical society that I work for. I've even thrown in gift cards to Best Buy or Visa gift cards for prizes. In the end, no one ever entered, or maybe their instructors never even mentioned it in class, or if they did, they didn't push it. The lesson? Unless you can get the instructors enthusiastically involved and get them to actually assign the project as a requirement, you probably won't have much luck. Worth a try though. You never know who you might reach. I know that I am probably coming across as a wet-blanket, but in my experience, things like this usually are great ideas, but usually don't end up going anywhere. Not because of the person who gets the idea, but due to others down the line that we depend on to follow through. Don't get me wrong, I want this to succeed, just trying to put out a little dose of reality. Pauli ----- Original Message ----- From: "m. d. monk" I phoned a teacher of a web-design class at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, and asked about the possibilities of student involvement in "orphan" counties. She said that it will be offered in the fall semester, and she didn't reject it out of hand. If she's interested, she'll use the emal addresses of state managers from www.cogenwb.com (I didn't volunteer any of you to be an "GenWeb Advisor" to a student, but that might sweeten the deal.) Just something that might be beneficial to the students and GenWeb.

You're absolutely right - unless a teacher makes it a continuing project, we might be spinning our wheels. And Northeastern is not the school you'd think of for web design ! Its strengths are in other areas. I only talked to her because it bornders Yuma, and Logan County is an orphan. The skills needed for genweb sites aren't high-level, and a high school student could do the technical work - but a college level might be more suited to the decisions on what to include in a site. If Front Range is interested (heck - it'd only take one class of 25 students to match our 25 orphan counties) then lgo for it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauli Smith" <historylover@q.com> To: <cogen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [COGEN] A thought > M. D., > > That is an interesting idea. I could do the same at Front Range Community > College (FRCC) Boulder County campus (I tutor graphic design classes > there, and I know the instructors). I do have a couple questions. What > happens after the semester is over? Is the site abandoned again? Also, > most of the web classes taught at FRCC (don't know about other community > colleges) require students to create an original website, usually having > only three or four, or at best seven pages. Tackling much more than that > can be beyond the scope of the class, although if a student is interested > enough and not taking a lot of other classes, doable. I wonder if the > younger students will be all that interested, but some of the more > non-traditional ones might be. These days about 30%+ of students in most > community colleges are non-traditional, i.e: older. > > In the past, I have tried getting the MGD (multi-media Graphic Design) > department to sponsor poster contests for the historical society that I > work for. I've even thrown in gift cards to Best Buy or Visa gift cards > for prizes. In the end, no one ever entered, or maybe their instructors > never even mentioned it in class, or if they did, they didn't push it. The > lesson? Unless you can get the instructors enthusiastically involved and > get them to actually assign the project as a requirement, you probably > won't have much luck. > > Worth a try though. You never know who you might reach. I know that I am > probably coming across as a wet-blanket, but in my experience, things like > this usually are great ideas, but usually don't end up going anywhere. Not > because of the person who gets the idea, but due to others down the line > that we depend on to follow through. Don't get me wrong, I want this to > succeed, just trying to put out a little dose of reality. > > Pauli > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "m. d. monk" > > I phoned a teacher of a web-design class at Northeastern Junior College in > Sterling, and asked about the possibilities of student involvement in > "orphan" counties. She said that it will be offered in the fall semester, > and she didn't reject it out of hand. If she's interested, she'll use the > emal addresses of state managers from www.cogenwb.com > > (I didn't volunteer any of you to be an "GenWeb Advisor" to a student, but > that might sweeten the deal.) > > Just something that might be beneficial to the students and GenWeb. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

If nothing else, maybe they can at least take those counties and get them cleaned up and all updated so they look more welcoming to possible CC's. Billie how did you do with that Charlie who wanted Douglas Co.? Gail On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:32 PM, m. d. monk <mdmonk@tx.rr.com> wrote: > You're absolutely right - unless a teacher makes it a continuing project, > we > might be spinning our wheels. > > And Northeastern is not the school you'd think of for web design ! Its > strengths are in other areas. I only talked to her because it bornders > Yuma, and Logan County is an orphan. > > The skills needed for genweb sites aren't high-level, and a high school > student could do the technical work - but a college level might be more > suited to the decisions on what to include in a site. > > If Front Range is interested (heck - it'd only take one class of 25 > students to match our 25 orphan counties) then lgo for it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pauli Smith" <historylover@q.com> > To: <cogen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 12:41 PM > Subject: Re: [COGEN] A thought > > > > M. D., > > > > That is an interesting idea. I could do the same at Front Range Community > > College (FRCC) Boulder County campus (I tutor graphic design classes > > there, and I know the instructors). I do have a couple questions. What > > happens after the semester is over? Is the site abandoned again? Also, > > most of the web classes taught at FRCC (don't know about other community > > colleges) require students to create an original website, usually having > > only three or four, or at best seven pages. Tackling much more than that > > can be beyond the scope of the class, although if a student is interested > > enough and not taking a lot of other classes, doable. I wonder if the > > younger students will be all that interested, but some of the more > > non-traditional ones might be. These days about 30%+ of students in most > > community colleges are non-traditional, i.e: older. > > > > In the past, I have tried getting the MGD (multi-media Graphic Design) > > department to sponsor poster contests for the historical society that I > > work for. I've even thrown in gift cards to Best Buy or Visa gift cards > > for prizes. In the end, no one ever entered, or maybe their instructors > > never even mentioned it in class, or if they did, they didn't push it. > The > > lesson? Unless you can get the instructors enthusiastically involved and > > get them to actually assign the project as a requirement, you probably > > won't have much luck. > > > > Worth a try though. You never know who you might reach. I know that I am > > probably coming across as a wet-blanket, but in my experience, things > like > > this usually are great ideas, but usually don't end up going anywhere. > Not > > because of the person who gets the idea, but due to others down the line > > that we depend on to follow through. Don't get me wrong, I want this to > > succeed, just trying to put out a little dose of reality. > > > > Pauli > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "m. d. monk" > > > > I phoned a teacher of a web-design class at Northeastern Junior College > in > > Sterling, and asked about the possibilities of student involvement in > > "orphan" counties. She said that it will be offered in the fall > semester, > > and she didn't reject it out of hand. If she's interested, she'll use > the > > emal addresses of state managers from www.cogenwb.com > > > > (I didn't volunteer any of you to be an "GenWeb Advisor" to a student, > but > > that might sweeten the deal.) > > > > Just something that might be beneficial to the students and GenWeb. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!

Her schedule has been insane. Ten to fourteen hour work days and a husband that has had some health issues. We are still trying to get a time for a call. Maybe Sunday. On 03/07/2012 12:35 AM, Gail Kilgore wrote: > Billie how did you do with that Charlie who wanted Douglas Co.? > > Gail -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._