It seems like everyone agrees on that a new site is a good idea.

* Are there any useful drafts done, functionality, layout?

* Does the current site has any specific server-functionality
that the dev-team are dependent of?

* I can setup an open wiki with drafts and roadmap.
Please inform me regarding need of approval from foundation.

(I registered for the website@-mailgroup but still dead silent)

ATB
tjelvar eriksson

--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:
>
> At 11:41 PM 6/11/2009, you wrote:
> >>> There was a fund-raising but there was never a project. A "project"
> >>> however would be MUCH more than someone who is willing to do beautiful
> >>> art work. The funds are still there, so if anybody wants to make The
> >>> New Firebird Website, please contact Helen Borrie and sort out the
> >>> details.
> >
> >> Helen is only holding the money for us.
> >
> >Isn't that a reason to contact her? ;-)
>
> Nope. It is NOT my project and I didn't step up for it. I have more than enough things to do now.
>
> The money belongs to the group of people listed at the url I sent here yesterday. It's up to the initiator to get hold of something that can be shown to those people (by a message to FFMembers, I would suggest, since you will catch all of them there). They are the ones who wanted change enough to fork out money for it.
>
> >As long as everybody is complaining about the website and nobody is
> >stepping up to create a new one, nothing will happen.
>
> Design is one thing. Content is another. Talk is cheap. You people who want this to happen need to get over to the firebird-website list and sort yourselves out into a team with some goals and tasks that you're actually prepared to deliver on. ;-)
>
> Helen
>