Jackie, Steve, Rod: This in NO way will compare to the experience in 2001. I recall that... 3000 messages re boards in about a 24 hour period. Melissa, Rob and others that have been working on this migration and testing have been very responsive and desire to have it go as smoothly as possible. Consider that their normal work week is M-F and we have gotten responses from them today... SATURDAY. Give them a bit of a break. We have our minor number of lists to deal with... they have over 30,000. And as someone that codes web pages, I can tell you that some things that are simple are often overlooked. Especially if you have been up burning the midnight oil. The overall migration should go off without a hitch for the users. Be prepared for a good experience. Cheers, Lauren

> -----Original Message----- > From: list-update-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:list-update-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lauren Boyd > Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 4:37 PM > To: list-update@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIST-UPDATE] Welcome to the "LIST-UPDATE" mailing list > > Jackie, Steve, Rod: > > This in NO way will compare to the experience in 2001. > I recall that... 3000 messages re boards in about a 24 hour period. > > Melissa, Rob and others that have been working on this > migration and testing have been very responsive and desire to > have it go as smoothly as possible. > > Consider that their normal work week is M-F and we have > gotten responses from them today... SATURDAY. What else would you expect? They send out a totally unexpected message to everyone late Friday night and with very little information and the conversion is to take place on Tuesday for some of us. If they weren't going to answer questions over the weekend you expect 5,000 messages on Monday. No tutorial, instruction page for admins......sounds very much like 2001. > > Give them a bit of a break. We have our minor number of lists > to deal with... they have over 30,000. > > And as someone that codes web pages, I can tell you that some > things that are simple are often overlooked. Especially if > you have been up burning the midnight oil. If everything was beta tested then they shouldn't need to be making changes now....like UPPERCASE lower case, pages up, pages down. > The overall migration should go off without a hitch for the users. > Be prepared for a good experience. Yes, probably for those where the conversion takes place on August 25. If you check the Rootsweb home page or Help page....not a mention of the conversion. Steve > > Cheers, > > Lauren

Steve: As mentioned in the message that was broadcast via List Announce, a message will be sent to the Admins prior to migration and there will be a Tutorial. The tutorial is very good. Much better information than we had received for Smartlist software. Subscribers will not have need of a tutorial to the degree that Admins will. Their experience will remain much the same as it is today. Cheers, Lauren > ************************** > This list is reserved for discussion of topics related to the update of the mailing lists. List Admins should discuss admin-specific topics (like settings and tools) on the ListOwners-L@rootsweb.com list.

I've no doubt that the developers are Good People, and that they have worked very hard. But stifling criticism is not going to guarantee the smooth transition that everyone wants. As for their posting on Saturday, I believe that springing this on the whole user/developer community early on a Saturday morning -- with the first block of conversions scheduled for Tuesday -- sorta requires some responsible presence, no? -R. Lauren Boyd wrote: >Jackie, Steve, Rod: > >This in NO way will compare to the experience in 2001. >I recall that... 3000 messages re boards in about a 24 >hour period. > >Melissa, Rob and others that have been working on this >migration and testing have been very responsive and desire >to have it go as smoothly as possible. > >Consider that their normal work week is M-F and we have >gotten responses from them today... SATURDAY. > >Give them a bit of a break. We have our minor number of >lists to deal with... they have over 30,000. > >And as someone that codes web pages, I can tell you that some >things that are simple are often overlooked. Especially if you have >been up burning the midnight oil. > >The overall migration should go off without a hitch for the users. >Be prepared for a good experience. > >Cheers, > >Lauren > > > -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dav4is/ 447 ancestral & collateral families, mostly 17°-19° century New England & European roots. Total population: 108,300+ Annex: http://www.gencircles.com/users/dav4is/ email: DAV4IS@YAHOO.COM "We have met the enemy, and he is us!" -Pogo Possum (1970)