Everyone, I just got connected today, and read John Baird's message from April 15. Young Chang is in the process of setting up our own Internet site for a World Wide Web connection. We are planning to use our own connection to the Internet, and have product descriptions, dealer lists, and things like that. Phelps Group is doing the development on it. There is a chance that Young Chang could provide free access to the WWW for the PTG. This is only preliminary - we haven't gotten all the facts yet, but I am hopeful this will be the case. Someone in PTG would have to maintain the E-mail and technician listing, preferable someone in the home office. Phelps could do the initial development (for a fee, of course), which should pretty well guaranty that it would be done professionally. There is no question - the technicians should be listed by name, city, zip, and telephone number. There's really no problem publishing a phone number here - it's no more risky than being listed in the phone book. And no one is going to want to write down numbers from all over the country and make long distance phone calls - unless you publish an 800 number. Not such a good idea. It wouldn't be difficult to have a Home Page on the web set up to search our little PTG database for names by city, zip code or area code. It doesn't have to be just a list - there are lots of sites set up with database searches. It just requires a little more setup effort. Who will be responsible for the E-mail is a bigger question. This could turn into a real job, and we don't really want to allocate more PTG funds for this. Or do we?? At the least, we should be up front and aware that there will be both benefits and costs in this project. It should be done, though. Judging from the access monthly on some pretty lame home pages on the WWW, exposure will be a real benefit, and a well prepared Home Page on the web will definitely be good for the PTG over time. Don
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