[kepler-dev] webpage suggestion

[Laura L. Downey]

I honestly don't know.  Just looking at how things were described on the web
page.  And it said people had requested inactive status.  So to me that
meant, still members, but not active and not voting.  As I said the "past"
term doesn't make sense to me in conjunction with inactive.

If we really mean previous or past members, as no longer members, then I
think your suggestion is fine.

I guess Matt may be the one who set up active or inactive.

In the grand scheme, it doesn't appear to be big issue, so if you feel
strongly about the wording, Previous Members sounds reasonable.

Laura L. Downey
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LTER Network Office
Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
1 University of New Mexico
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-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Bowers [mailto:sbowers at ucdavis.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:22 AM
To: Laura L. Downey
Cc: Kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] webpage suggestion


So what's the point of this distinction then?

Are we saying these folks are no longer "members" or are
we saying they are just not producing anything
for Kepler?

I prefer giving folks who are not working on kepler any
more (which I think is the case), the tag "previous"
members -- because regardless, I think "inactive" has
a negative connotation.

-shawn


Laura L. Downey wrote:
> I don't see inactive as being negative, just merely a state.  And because
we
> have an "active" state, it makes sense to have an "inactive" state.
> 
> Although I don't understand Inactive (past) members; I interpret inactive
as
> current members, but not active.  So inactive but past, makes no sense to
> me.
> 
> I interpret past or previous members, as not currently members.
> 
> All that said, if we really mean people that are no longer members, then
> "previous members" seems reasonable.
> 
> Laura L. Downey
> Senior Usability Engineer
> LTER Network Office
> Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
> 1 University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
> 505.277.3157 office
> 505.610.9657 mobile
> 505.277-2541 fax
> ldowney at lternet.edu
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org
> [mailto:kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Bowers
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:59 PM
> To: Kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
> Subject: [kepler-dev] webpage suggestion
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I noticed recently that on the kepler webpage there is now
> a section called "Inactive (past) members".
> 
> I think a better way to phrase this, which is not so negative,
> would be "Previous members".  Anyone mind if I change this
> wording?
> 
> -shawn
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