In a message dated 4/24/2003 1:40:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
drewclan@aol.com writes:

> Thank you Wes!
> Jay in CT, bows deeply to the floor in thanks for this amazing
> donation of time and talent to the letterboxing community.
>
>

Yes, thank you very, very, very much to all LBNA webmasters. I deeply
appreciate the website and the incredible work you all did to make this
possible for so long. The new site/format looks really great and easy to use
and was a briliant idea. Thank you very much for this, Wes, and to all of
you for what you gave us.


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Hey Wes,

Nice job on the new site!!!

I can't seem to register though,... :-( Here's the error I get:

That email address is already used by a member!

Since I'm the only one with that e-mail address, it must have me in there from earlier times !

Can you clear that out for me?

Thanks!

HangGlider
-------Original Message-------
From: drewclan@aol.com
Sent: 04/24/03 10:37 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] The Future of Letterboxing North America

>
> LbNA has gone through several evolutions in the 5+ years in business.

I appreciate the effort that this took but the sign up link doen't
work for me. I tried joining and have never received the confirmation
email. Now I can't do it again because my "email address is already in
use." Funhog


> Please take a moment to visit:
> http://letterboxing.wesgarrison.us
>
> and click on the links below the familiar desktop image. Make
> yourself an account (you don't need one to search the site, but you
> will need to "join" to add your letterboxes).
>

Thanks you so much Wes & other web hosts! Sign-up process went very
smoothly for me.

vickie

and what about all the clues that are on the old site that are not on
the new one? Funhog

Wes, I'm having the same problem! I emailed to webmasters for
help thinking I was just not computer literate. But if HangGlider
can't get in then I don't feel so stupid!
Psychomommy


In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, HangGlider wrote:
> Hey Wes,
>
> Nice job on the new site!!!
>
> I can't seem to register though,... :-( Here's the error I get:
>
> That email address is already used by a member!
>
> Since I'm the only one with that e-mail address, it must have me in
there from earlier times !
>
> Can you clear that out for me?
>
> Thanks!
>
> HangGlider
> -------Original Message-------
> From: drewclan@a...
> Sent: 04/24/03 10:37 AM
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LbNA] The Future of Letterboxing North America
>
> >
> > LbNA has gone through several evolutions in the 5+ years in
business.
> From a collection of a few early-Smithsonian enthusiasts (all but
one
> still intimately involved in the website) and a few scattered
> letterboxes, we've grown through two distinct versions of a hand-
> crafted website where your clues were painstakingly added one by
one
> from the yahoogroup to the LbNA site.
>
> We're too big for that now!
>
> One of our webmasters, Wes Garrison in Kansas City, has developed a
> very professional automatic website where everyone will be able to
> enter and maintain their own clues. It will be quite flexible and
> easy to use, and will save the sanity (perhaps even the marriages)
of
> more than one web host.
>
> Please take a moment to visit:
> >
href="http://letterboxing.wesgarrison.us">http://letterboxing.wesgarri
son.us
>
> and click on the links below the familiar desktop image. Make
> yourself an account (you don't need one to search the site, but you
> will need to "join" to add your letterboxes).
>
> Find the excellent how-to at:
> >
href="http://letterboxing.wesgarrison.us/faq/newSite.html">http://lett
erboxing.wesgarrison.us/faq/newSite.html
>
> Thank you Wes!
> Jay in CT, bows deeply to the floor in thanks for this amazing
> donation of time and talent to the letterboxing community.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >
href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">http://docs.yahoo.com/info/te
rms/
>
>
> >
>
> P1 F5

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "funhog1" wrote:
> and what about all the clues that are on the old site that are not
on
> the new one? Funhog

We will be keeping both sites up for a period of time during the
conversion. We would encourage everyone to transfer their own clues
but the webmasters will do so for those that can't, choose not to or
are no longer involved. If you have your own website you will see
that you will be able to link to your own webpages and are still
able to exercise creative control that way should you choose.

Trish
One of the LbNA webmasters (who is also eternally grateful to Wes
for his hard work)

ESAK crew here and all went well with the sign up to the new site.
Excellent idea and Kudos to Wes. Kudos to all who maintained the site
in the old format.

This is very impressive. It's great to be able to add and edit my
own letterboxes. I was able to add almost all of mine. But the last
letterbox I tried to enter, when I click on the option to Add a
letterbox nothing happens. I clicked on the line several times.

Wingfoot

Thank you Wes,The new tools are great and we appreciate your contribution to us all.

drewclan@aol.com wrote:LbNA has gone through several evolutions in the 5+ years in business.

We really like the new site. It's great to be able to post, edit,
etc. your own clues as needed. We already posted all of our boxes
(not that we have a lot) on the new site. Thank you so much for your
time and energy in making this new site. We really appreciate all
that the webmasters do!

Patrick & Amy

Great new features on the website. One nit. Alaska is listed twice in
the state listing below the US map.

Thanks for all your effort Wes.

David
of the Forest People

drewclan@aol.com wrote:

>LbNA has gone through several evolutions in the 5+ years in business.
>>From a collection of a few early-Smithsonian enthusiasts (all but one
>still intimately involved in the website) and a few scattered
>letterboxes, we've grown through two distinct versions of a hand-
>crafted website where your clues were painstakingly added one by one
>from the yahoogroup to the LbNA site.
>
>We're too big for that now!
>
>One of our webmasters, Wes Garrison in Kansas City, has developed a
>very professional automatic website where everyone will be able to
>enter and maintain their own clues. It will be quite flexible and
>easy to use, and will save the sanity (perhaps even the marriages) of
>more than one web host.
>
>Please take a moment to visit:
>http://letterboxing.wesgarrison.us
>
>and click on the links below the familiar desktop image. Make
>yourself an account (you don't need one to search the site, but you
>will need to "join" to add your letterboxes).
>
>Find the excellent how-to at:
>http://letterboxing.wesgarrison.us/faq/newSite.html
>
>Thank you Wes!
>Jay in CT, bows deeply to the floor in thanks for this amazing
>donation of time and talent to the letterboxing community.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>
>

WOW .... wonderful move. Thank you webmasters.

I have a few questions: when I went to the site the www.letterboxing.org main
icon/screen didn't come up .... I'm sure it was just a glitch that is still
being smoothed out.

When people go to the www.letterboxing.org will it automatically take them to
the new site? I have info floating around and in my log books with that
link address. Just wondering?

Thanks so much, Mohmers


In a message dated 4/24/03 10:41:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
drewclan@aol.com writes:

>
> LbNA has gone through several evolutions in the 5+ years in business.
> From a collection of a few early-Smithsonian enthusiasts (all but one
> still intimately involved in the website) and a few scattered
> letterboxes, we've grown through two distinct versions of a hand-
> crafted website where your clues were painstakingly added one by one
> from the yahoogroup to the LbNA site.
>
> We're too big for that now!
>
> One of our webmasters, Wes Garrison in Kansas City, has developed a
> very professional automatic website where everyone will be able to
> enter and maintain their own clues. It will be quite flexible and
> easy to use, and will save the sanity (perhaps even the marriages) of
> more than one web host.
>
> Please take a moment to visit:
> http://letterboxing.wesgarrison.us
>
> and click on the links below the familiar desktop image. Make
> yourself an account (you don't need one to search the site, but you
> will need to "join" to add your letterboxes).
>
> Find the excellent how-to at:
> http://letterboxing.wesgarrison.us/faq/newSite.html
>
> Thank you Wes!
> Jay in CT, bows deeply to the floor in thanks for this amazing
> donation of time and talent to the letterboxing community.
>
>
>



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--- ...
> When people go to the HREF="www.letterboxing.org">www.letterboxing.org will it
automatically take them to
> the new site? I have info floating around and in my log books with
that
> link address. Just wondering?

Yes, we've made hundreds of info sheets with the letterboxing.org
address....no problem changing new ones, but it may take a year to
change old ones everywhere. It sure would be a help to have an
auto-refreshing link.

Thanks!!!!! to all the webmasters for their fantastic efforts!

~ Aili

AWESOME NEW WEBSITE!!!
Thank you to the creator/creators of the new site and to all the
other people behind the scenes at the old site who have helped to
make this such a great hobby. I have often wondered as I sorted
through message after message how the webmasters find the time. This
surely will lighten their load (at least after the conversion:)

All my links are now on the new site.

CodyBCleo

Excellent! Thank you for doing this!

earthwordsjd