Re: Static's site and it's official status and wha

Hi there,

>But, if we can find a decent enough sized-area, and shared a
>communal account to put things up, we could have our very own
>communal library of material, without one person having to be
>responsible for it.  Now im not saying we just hand the password out
>to every tom dick andharry, i think we'd have to make sutre its not
>beign given to ppl whoe are going to be too liberal, or perhaps we
>could have seperate accounts for everyone (though i dislike that
>idea, because some ppl will use a little ammount of space whereas
>others will need a lot).

Well, I do not think that this is going to work. Just agreeing on a
standard layout, so that the site does not look like a patchwork of
things, is going to be difficult.

>Anyway.  What's ppl's thoughts on that.  A communal library, where
>we all take care of it (and promote it!), and share our stuff,
>without having to lay so much on the shoulders of static?

That would still not solve the problem about the canon material.
Doing that would still be unofficial and could never lead to a
renewal of Spelljammer, I think.
Since static wanted to divide his site into an official and an
unofficial part, I actually do not see the need for this communal
library anyway, no offense.

>He's doing and done a great job, but RL is more important, and if we
>can ALL share this sort of thing, then we can do a better job of
>keeping it up.

Teamwork is all fine and well, but very large groups can easily lose
the scope of things and a clear direction, especially on the net.
Personally I think that the idea of a council that decides what is
canon and what is not, is going to work best, since it is just a
limited number of people.
Besides, something that is not deemed canon, is not termed "bad" in
any way. The only statement that is made, is that it is unofficial
and optional, that's all.

With regards,

Kai


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