[kepler-dev] webpage suggestion

[Matthew Brooke]

I think we should create a special icon to put next to the people who 
are inactive. Any suggestions for a design?

- oh, sorry - thought it was 1 April... ;-)



Shawn Bowers wrote:
> 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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